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Firefox for Android adding Google Integrity checks (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[–] 53 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Fuckkkkk.

Can Mozilla just fucking stop licking Google’s asshole for like 1 god damned week?

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    firefox lives and dies by google giving them money.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Why though, it could run as a stable project with little support outside volunteer and donations...which they ask for already.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago*

    Looks like right now it just blocks their AI features. Don't threaten me with a good time Mozilla. Though I do worry about it spreading in the future

    The token is used to access Firefox’s server-side AI tools, like Smart Window, for rate-limiting purposes, ensuring only unmodified, > Play-installed copies of Firefox on Google-certified devices use Mozilla’s1 compute infra.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Last I knew, Google provided like 3/4 of their total revenue, so... Google unfortunately gets to call some shots. Only way to really fix that is to give them a substantial alternative income stream.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    or let them slip into obsolescence.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    And then your entire range of browser options becomes Chrome and a half dozen reskins of Chrome. I'm pretty sure a huge reason Google provides the funding is to avoid having Chrome branded a monopoly.

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