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Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 1 year ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/firefox@lemmy.world
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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mozilla just coming out with hit after hit.

Can we start a petition to stipulate that the ownership should move from Mozilla to the Linux Foundation, just as a meme and to see where it gets to?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck your Ai and your license agreement. Enshittification stops at no company.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can someone give a TL;DR of what's actually changing?

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here's an interesting excerpt:

When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

E: fwiw, Firefox built from source is exempt from these terms of use. Forks are also a great option but I wonder if Linux distros will approach this accordingly.

~~E2: apparently these ToU only apply when using their chatbot.~~

E3: I think I misunderstood some conversations surrounding the topic for E2