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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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[–] 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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