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Re:Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after reneging on promises... by whamlastxmas on Sunday March 02, 2025 @10:26AM (#43231336)
I’m pretty sure Firefox doesn’t use chromium?

Also I don’t see any problem selling a VPN. I want one anyway and it’s a nice way to support Firefox.

Also maybe a stretch to call them an ad company. They are now recently in the ad business having acquired an ad company. But that’s like calling Microsoft an ad company.

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Re:Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after reneging on promises... by crmi on Sunday March 02, 2025 @10:33AM (#43231425)
Firefox does not use chromium. (For now anyway...)
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Re:Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after reneging on promises... by methou on Sunday March 02, 2025 @07:49PM (#43237083)
You are right, quantum seems decent and based on Servo. However I can't edit the post already. Two less reasons to dump Firefox then.

Unlike Microsoft, Mozilla happens to be a smaller company than M$ with Firefox being their biggest offering, and they actually started trying to sell ads[0].

---- [0]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/advertising/

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Re:Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after reneging on promises... by whamlastxmas on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @11:16AM (#43256658)
Microsoft also sells ads is my point
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