Post #2214920

2025-12-19 17:09 UTC

(yes, there are also the soft-forks of Firefox, but I don't think I'd gain much from them - security updates probably arrive a bit later, and apparently AI features still reach their users before they get around to disabling them)

Replies (8)

@xhr@infosec.exchange 2025-12-19 18:41

@Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place exactly this!

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@suetanvil@freeradical.zone 2025-12-19 19:31

@Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place My fiddling with other browsers is basically checking out lifeboats. Unfortunately, yeah, the situation is pretty dire.

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@burgervege@mamot.fr 2025-12-20 09:00

@Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place I feel "stop using it" is a pretty individual response to a broad collective problem. There's many way to deal with this without ditching Firefox. For instance, Firefox could be State funded by multiple States around the world, as a sovereign tool against Big Tech.

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@doragasu@mastodon.sdf.org 2025-12-20 10:43

@Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place I switched to a Firefox fork (LibreWolf) after literally DECADES using FF as a way of protest. Maybe if enough people do something like this they could change route? Otherwise it will continue being one bad decision after another.

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@asci@indieweb.social 2025-12-20 10:52

@Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place @zenbrowser@floss.social is quite good in that regard, I switched half a year ago and could've been happier. Also security updates are arriving almost in couple of days from main Firefox release

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@dalias@hachyderm.io 2025-12-20 13:48

@Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place If Mozilla gets worse, those will quickly get better. Until then your approach is completely reasonable. I would recommend tho making sure automatic updates are blocked so you have the chance to prepare for any new malicious functionality before it's turned on without your knowledge.

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@jaapio@phpc.social 2025-12-21 07:27

@Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place not ready, but an alternative to keep in mind: https://ladybird.org

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@kielkontrovers@norden.social 2025-12-21 10:27

@Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place well I guess you can always disable features while configuring for compiling.

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