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Re:Why I use Firefox by gitaarik on Sunday March 03, 2024 @08:33AM (#39580735)
Telemetry and Google as a default search engine are two different things. Also Telemetry doesn't collect any personal data, it's used for anonymous Firefox usage statistics to improve their product. And it's something Firefox asks you to opt in/out when you install Firefox.
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Re:Why I use Firefox by gitaarik on Sunday March 03, 2024 @08:46AM (#39580800)
And regarding:

"One can change settings but one cannot change the default unless edit source and compile. Almost no one does this."

There are some popular Firefox forks that have several improvements over security and privacy. Check LibreWolf and Waterfox for example.

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