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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by burtonator on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:28PM (#23443930)
Firefox is STILL largely funded by Google right?

I find it odd that one of Firefox's only features, over Chrome, is privacy, but they're funded by Google who is the anti-hero right now in the privacy space.

If Firefox's mission is successful they would lose all their funding.

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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by hendersoon on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:03PM (#23444143)
Mozilla is indirectly funded by Google, yes. They don't have ownership. It's the same way that the NY Times is indirectly funded by Mazda. They pay for ads.
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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by paulcarroty on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:23AM (#23444974)
Mozilla is funded by Google and also sends user data to Google:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14753546

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1165858896176660480.html

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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by cerberusss on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:45AM (#23445066)
It would inform people better if you would be more precise here.

According to the links, the "Get Add-ons" view in Firefox uses Google Analytics to collect aggregate visitor statistics. Furthermore they note that they negotiated a special contract with Google to only collect a subset of data.

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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by paulcarroty on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:56AM (#23445114)
I don't believe any kind of personal or special contracts/negotiations/etc will deny Google to track analytics.google.com connection logs. So, "private browser" and Google servers aren't compatible by design.
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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by dragonwriter on Sunday June 07, 2020 @05:14AM (#23445945)
> Mozilla is indirectly funded by Google, yes

There's nothing indirect about Google cutting checks directly to Mozilla.

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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by bioipbiop on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:59PM (#23444411)
So that’s why Paul Krugman’s latest article was making the point that Jerome Powell’s handling of monetary policy pales in comparison to the handling found in a Mazda CX-5!
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