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@firefox part 1 i would like it if mozilla banded together most privacy focused and eco friendly services into itself so that it would be larger and have less dependency (hachyderm.io)

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@firefox part 1 i would like it if mozilla banded together most privacy focused and eco friendly services into itself so that it would be larger and have less dependency on google. Eg. Firefox browser + proton vpn and proton mail + ecosia search + treecard financial services + signal messenger and so on.

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[–] theTrainMan932@infosec.pub 6 points 2 years ago

I see where you're coming from, but I'm not sure what you mean by having less dependency on google - firefox is the only major modern browser not to be chromium-based) and thus at least partly google-based too), and why would unifying many open source apps under one company be beneficial? Signal, mozilla, proton, libreoffice, etc. all being separate entities actually seems better for privacy and decentralisation imo! Also, firefox offers a vpn and email client (thunderbird) and ecosia seems a bit odd to put in here seeing as a core part of it is adverts (and if memory serves i think it might even use google search apis or something?) Sorry if I've come off as too critical as I quite like the idea of having one unified open-source suite, but I feel like it'd be either unnecessary or impractical in most cases.