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Firefox is giving Android users a sneak peek at its open extensions (www.androidpolice.com)
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• Firefox for Android is reintroducing an open ecosystem of extensions, set to be available on December 14, with a dedicated extension page for easy discovery. • Mozilla has released a preview of the upcoming extensions, including popular ones like Bitwarden's password manager and AdGuard's ad blocker. • Firefox aims to gain an advantage over rivals like Google Chrome by supporting a wide range of third-party extensions on Android, while Firefox extensions availability on iOS remains uncertain.

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[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

So is there a reason you bitching that a privacy invasive company is being by a less privacy invasive one so the product can be less privacy invasive? I can't understand this weird "Oh I'm so smart" gotcha.

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

exactly if the other company had bought firefox, now i could be concerned

[–] LWD@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] mercury@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

I mean. Privacy invasion is privacy invasion. If it happens, it should be called out.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] aleq@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Right before the Mozilla buyout, Fakespot added a clause to their TOS giving them the right to give user data to Mozilla.

There's one possible interpretation of that, which would be my guess, that this was somehow necessary as part of the purchase. Before purchasing a company the company being purchased has to show the buyer what their assets are and give them a fair and accurate representation of what the company is. It's possible that this clause was necessary in order to enable this.

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