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Mozilla is removing "Does Firefox sell your personal data?" in anticpation of ToS change (github.com)

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Did you read anything else in that PR? Explain why every other mention of them never selling your data has been marked as obsolete come 25th of April? Changing things like

Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it, and we don’t sell your personal data.

Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it.

# Obsolete string (expires 25-04-2025)
nope-never-have = Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from many of the advertisers who do. { -brand-name-firefox } products are designed to protect your privacy. <a href="{ $url }">That’s a promise.</a>

So much for that promise. Companies aren't your friend.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

This should very much be illegal. Companies should be held to the promises they make on their websites, it can't be as easy as deleting it and pretending it never happened.

Also, "You don’t pay anything to use it" is still a false statement. You're not paying money, but being tracked and sold means giving up something more valuable than money - information and potentially influence about who you are as a person - in exchange for access to a service.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

All of this sucks, but I'm going to specifically complain that the first edit just makes no sense. The old terms say "Super free, actually" and then explain how super free is different from free. The edited version just defines super free the same way every normal human defines free: "You don't pay anything to use it." What's super about using words for their intended meaning?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Companies aren't your friend.

I know Mozilla has been under fire for not being truly non-profit, but it is a corp fully owned by a non-profit. Are there any billionaires in Mozilla?

Also (completely basing on your comment btw, "every other mention"), if there is still one mention of it in the ToS the policy doesn't seem to have really changed? Just a change in emphasis.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The current CEO is an Airbnb shill. Further, OpenAI is a non-profit, so I don't really see what difference that makes. If the ToU isn't changing, then why is there a flag labelled tou-changed? Further, like I said, all the other mentions are being scrubbed, doesn't that just further indicate that they are in fact changing it?

Read the PR, the proof is right there.