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Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market" (blog.mozilla.org)

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It is time to fork Firefox. Mozilla has bern hijacked by people who don't care about its vision.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s already been done, LibreWolf is what Firefox originally set out to be.

[–] possiblylinux127 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is only a soft fork

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sure, but as you pointed out maintaining a browser is hard. I don't know that any genuine fork or new browser is on the horizon, and the day to day of using firefox is fine by me, so a fork that strips there nonsense might be plenty for me.

[–] possiblylinux127 3 points 1 month ago

Maintaining a browser is very labor intensive