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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I would rather give my data to Firefox than a company who's entire business model is selling user data. That being said, you could use librewolf which removes telemetry. I use both Firefox and librewolf

[–] webpack@ani.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Mozilla seems to be transitioning to becoming an advertising company so I wouldn't want them to have my data either.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Some people would rather give their data to opera then firefox 🤦‍♂️

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm using Fennec which also removes telemetry, but many standard users are not comfortable installing apps that aren't on Google play.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

The amount of people who only feel comfortable downloading on Google Play and also care about privacy I feel like is very small but I don't know.