That’s actually not a bad idea, thank you!

I understand “exclusive” to mean you can only use or set as search engine google. Essentially the default with the install can be google but Firefox can’t block users from setting another search engine as the new default

Per the ruling, Google will no longer be able to strike “exclusive contracts” with companies to default or preload its products, but it may continue to pay or compensate companies to prefer its services in non-exclusive revenue sharing deals.

So Firefox can’t force to use google, I guess similar to Windows having a browser selection instead of just forcing Internet Explorer or Edge.

To me, that looks similar to FF’s full screen mode, no?

You can still use it though, just like when google bans an app from the play store you can still get it elsewhere.

There is also https://mangrove.reviews/, with I believe is what map complete uses. It’s open so hopefully mapping apps will start to really use them like Osmand or CoMaps

Yeah I’ve looked into that but never had a phone that seemed supported

If they didn’t have value they wouldn’t be scrapping it…

I think they probably dont repair their phones. Tbh my phones usually stopped working with software before anything breaks behind, with the exception of the screen.

Maybe but it doesn’t answer the question afaik

How the hell do people usée over 700kwh per month on average? Do people leave their AC on 24/7 OE something ?

It’s incredible you can’t get any money for all the damages they cause…

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Not sûre how that shows evidence that the CEO is a fascist ?

There are alors a few available on f-droid such as Untrack Me it can also transformed twitter links into Nitter.

I remember reading that Tolkien wrote a letter or whatever lamenting that those kind of people liked his books.

Would be cool to have more options to clean bookmarks indeed. I’ve got so manybover the years, it would take to long to manually check each one…

There is a Firefox extension that checks if YouTube videos are also on peertube you might want to check it out 'peerubeify

Firefox makes up about 90 percent of Mozilla’s revenue, according to Muhlheim, the finance chief for the organization’s for-profit arm — which in turn helps fund the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation. About 85 percent of that revenue comes from its deal with Google, he added.

I fail to understand how they haven’t figured out a way out of this seems to me they’re using all the money they from Google as if there is no tomorrow… Why on earth also if Firefox is so clearly their main product does it seem to not always be at the centre of their attention? I get doing other products but they seem to not be going anywhere. Honestly, to a layman like me it seems they’ve been doing the same stuff as Google without having the massive ad revenue but with the search revenue. Where did the Firefox OS go ? They never followed through like Google did with their Pixels for example. Why?

On cross-examination by the DOJ, Muhlheim conceded that it would be preferable not to rely on one customer for the vast majority of its revenue, regardless of the court’s ruling in this case. And, he agreed, another browser company, Opera, has already managed to make more money from browser ads than it does from search deals. But while that may be a potential pathway to diversifying Firefox’s revenue, he added, scaling up such a business at Firefox may look different, in part because of the privacy-preserving approach it takes to products.

I don’t love that response. What are Opera’s ads like? There are two reasons I use Firefox : opensource and ad blocking… I honestly think Firefox should offer more branded services like their Pocket, VPN or email with thunderbird, why not even a cloud in a continuation of their Firefox Send service? Or just try to ask for donations from time to time with some transparency about the budget… I’d personally love to better understand why there is a corporation and a foundation.

How does Mozilla get money apart from the Google search deal? Are there no other search engines willing to pay to be the (even country specific) default? Also if Google sell Chrome wouldn’t that mean they’d be able to keep the deal? In a sense they are no longer the monopoly?