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[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 35 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Firefox? Aren't they just getting anonymous telemetry and setting the default search engine to Google? I know they changed their TOS in the past but how are they selling data?

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mozilla purchased an advertisement company and a fair chunk of the board of Mozilla are ex google.

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 day ago

are firefox forks better for now?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

so they're not selling the data, they're using it internally.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Just like google and Facebook.

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, they hold the user data (supposedly its all generic, non-personally identifiable, and they dont build user profiles) and then have advertisers pay them to push targeted ads based on that data. This is how the tech companies make boatloads of cash - force advertisers to pay for a subscription to use the user data for targeted ads.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago

yeah except it still doesn't seem to work for mozilla...

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

It isn't a beauty but no it does not speak for itself.