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Re:DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking... by mpercy on Thursday April 15, 2021 @04:13AM (#26817521)
FF as in Firefox?
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Re:DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking... by 11235813213455 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:01AM (#26817942)
yes
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Re:DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking... by toastal on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:42AM (#26818267)
Though the official shorthand is “Fx”
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Re:DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking... by gkbrk on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:04AM (#26818440)
I've never heard anybody refer to Firefox as Fx, but I've seen FF used as a shorthand for Firefox a lot.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking... by thih9 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:13AM (#26818947)
If I saw that, I’d think about sound effects or special effects.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking... by asddubs on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:55AM (#26818374)
the official shorthand that literally nobody uses?
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Re:DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking... by toastal on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:55AM (#26821225)
https://github.com/mozilla?q=Fx

It seems Mozilla uses it a lot

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Re:DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking... by mavhc on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:24AM (#26819020)
And is already used by many other things
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Re:DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking... by lovemenot on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:30AM (#26819612)
FFx sake !
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