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Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data (www.theverge.com)

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Mozilla is updating its new Terms of Use for Firefox due to criticism over unclear language about user data.
Original terms seemed to give Mozilla broad ownership of user data, causing concern.
Updated terms emphasize limited scope of data interaction, stating Mozilla only needs rights necessary to operate Firefox.
Mozilla acknowledges confusion and aims to clarify their intent to make Firefox work without owning user content.
Company explains they don't make blanket claims of "never selling data" due to evolving legal definitions and obligations.
Mozilla collects and shares some data with partners to keep Firefox commercially viable, but ensures data is anonymized or shared in aggregate.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Yes, that's why google is paying millions to be the default.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No, using Google makes Google money. That's why they pay mozilla to be the default.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

And they're not going to pay millions to be the default for a browser that no one uses.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

OK I think I see what you're saying now:

If everyone leaves Firefox because of this, Google would probably stop paying them to be the default search engine.

I don't see that as the biggest issue though. Once people are leaving, my guess is they're just going to stop maintaining firefox regardless of how much money they get from Google. Cause why maintain a browser literally no one uses, instead of figuratively.

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