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Re:Firefox 57.0 Released by callahad on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @02:13PM (#15698190)
The privacy situation is absolutely different; Mozilla has no profit motive to monitor and monetize your activity on the Web. For example, Firefox Sync is specifically designed so that we have no knowledge of your browsing data.

In contrast, when you sign into Chrome, "Your experience in other Google products is personalized by including your Chrome history with your Web & App Activity."(https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/185277)

Re:Firefox 57.0 Released by JadeNB on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @04:45PM (#15699475)
> Mozilla has no profit motive to monitor and monetize your activity on the Web.

But if a substantial portion of Mozilla's funding comes from an organisation that does have a profit motive to monitor and monetise my activity on the web, then surely that's almost as bad (for me as the end user)?

Re:Firefox 57.0 Released by Drdrdrq on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @05:04PM (#15699634)
There's a world of difference. For Mozilla to sell out on user's privacy it would mean game over. They simply can't afford to do so, even if they wanted to (which I believe they don't). Google on the other hand? That's their main business, they are an advertising agency. Sure they make nice products too but make no mistake where their profit is coming from.
Re:Firefox 57.0 Released by jeffdavis on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @07:03PM (#15700433)
I donate to Mozilla because they claim to support privacy, and I want them to be less dependent on large donations.