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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by devwastaken on Friday March 18, 2022 @01:05AM (#30718907)
Mozilla as an org is a husk of it's former self. They're constantly playing catch up with Firefox, almost abandonwared thunderbird, and have little actual usable innovation. What part of Firefox is "open source" when you can't integrate in your own projects? What's the point when the tech is non portable? Chromium is the clear OS winner, so open and modular you can just make your own browsers.
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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by jraph on Friday March 18, 2022 @01:17AM (#30718967)
> What part of Firefox is "open source" when you can't integrate in your own projects?

Let's not mix everything up. For a good debate we need clear ideas. Firefox can be built from sources available under open source licenses, it is sufficient to makes it open source. Being embeddable and modular may be desirable features but it isn't a requirement to be open source.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday March 18, 2022 @03:25AM (#30719461)
> What part of Firefox is "open source" when you can't integrate in your own projects?

AFAIK, all of it; there are even full independent forks running around. Just because you can't bend the code to your particular use doesn't make it not FOSS.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by onurtag on Friday March 18, 2022 @06:25AM (#30720423)
> What's the point when the tech is non portable

I know that you meant something else with this, but the wording amused me as currently Firefox is the only up-to-date "portable" browser that lets you carry around your browser profile in a usb stick.

Anything with Chromium deletes your extensions, passwords etc. whenever you open it in a new computer.

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by nnt38 on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:16AM (#30720717)
You are wrong, portable chromium exists.

https://chromium.woolyss.com/

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Re:Each Firefox download has a unique identifier by onurtag on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:47AM (#30720952)
Yes, they exist and the application is portable. It works when you open it.

But your profile is not fully portable. They have a page explaining exactly what I mean.

https://chromium.woolyss.com/#secure-preferences

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