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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:57AM (#43204243)
I would expect that the default search engine deals that Firefox mostly relies on for financing could be interpreted as such.

Mozilla gets money, and as a result of the deal, the searches (data) of anyone who didn't change the default go to the company running the default search engine.

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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by folmar on Friday February 28, 2025 @01:21PM (#43208707)
By default Google gets not only search but everything entered into the address bar (for "suggestions").
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Re:Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other exte... by account42 on Monday March 03, 2025 @05:43AM (#43240463)
Yeah, that's pretty creepy - that also includes private that that would otherwise not reach the internet.
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