Firefox

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.

That particular snippet is being changed so there's a conditional for testing -- if you toggle to show how it will be when the new ToS is active, it shows the version of the paragraph WITHOUT "Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data." otherwise it shows the old text (i.e. exact same text in the paragraph in red).

Also, note the references to # Obsolete string (expires 25-04-2025) where selling personal data is mentioned elsewhere -- and the entirely removed FAQ entry!

This is serious.

The diff shows that the single paragraph has been replaced with an if/else clause. If switch('firefox-tou') evaluates to true, then the paragraph without the "We don't sell access to your data" is rendered, if it evaluates to false, then the same paragraph with that particular sentence remains intact. Ergo, they've not added an extra paragraph.

Whoever posted this probably extrapolated that it's likely that Mozilla will change their Terms of Use, because that's 100% what this looks like. They'll probably announce their new ToU and flip a switch in the back-end and then when we navigate to this particular page we'll see the paragraph that doesn't have the "we won't sell your data" instead.

TLDR; Mozilla is gearing up to sell your data. Get mad. Seriously, get mad because that's fucking unacceptable.

It's not an additional paragraph. It's a condition that changes whether "firefox-tou" is set to render the page.

I'm guessing "firefox-tou" is used for the Firefox browser ToS. So all other services of Mozilla still use the "we don't sell your data", but Firefox itself will have that line removed.

Seems like there's two versions of the paragraph now, what's the firefox-tou bit about?

My dude, there is no "extra" paragraph in there. There is a conditional statement that says:

if (this_flag_is_set) {
  // [show this paragraph where we remove any mention of us not selling your data]
} else {
  // [show this paragraph where we mention that we don't sell your data]
}

So it's an "either/or," not a "plus."

Never heard that one before. Not sure I would have even known what it meant since everyone has holes on the front.

Front holes

Lmao haven't heard that one before

Hopefully, but it is a huge project, it is really hard to overstate just how much work it is. There are a few hundred very good programmers working on FF full-time at Mozilla. To be a community project it would have to be thousands of people.