jherazob@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months agoFirefox plan to show ads and shopping in the near future in the browser as an opt-outbugzilla.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1198arrow-down1external-linkFirefox plan to show ads and shopping in the near future in the browser as an opt-outbugzilla.mozilla.orgjherazob@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
First focusing on AI and now this, already cancelled my donations, do we have a good fork to move to?
minus-squareVilian@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up26·9 months agolibrewolf is a fork of firefox, without firefox librewolf also gonna die
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoThat’s not how forks work. A fork can exist independently of its upstream.
minus-squareT (they/she)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoTrue, but you really think firefox forks would have the resources to keep up with security updates and such? Mull for one is a fork that only changes the default privacy changes and nothing more
minus-squarebelated_frog_pants@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoBy being a fork it wont die, but its true that its just a few folks running builds of mainstream work mozilla is doing
librewolf is a fork of firefox, without firefox librewolf also gonna die
and same with Mull.
That’s not how forks work. A fork can exist independently of its upstream.
Can but how feasible is that?
True, but you really think firefox forks would have the resources to keep up with security updates and such? Mull for one is a fork that only changes the default privacy changes and nothing more
By being a fork it wont die, but its true that its just a few folks running builds of mainstream work mozilla is doing