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Unfck the Internet

by mozillamaxx on 10/1/20, 3:14 PM with 74 comments

  • by henil2911 on 10/1/20, 4:06 PM

    It makes me sad to see people targeting Mozilla for everything.

    Like yeah its default browser is Google because that's the way they can pay developers to work on it. For now they are only viable alternative in browser space.

    Yeah it collects data(only after asking for appropriate permission) which too is anonymous(i might be wrong here). But they are not collecting it to make profit out of it like google. Its only to make firefox better.

    And people suggesting to use forks of firefox keep in mind if there is no firefox there are no forks. I am not qualified to comment on Mozilla's way of handling their funds. But it is what it is for now.

    But atleast if you use firefox daily show some love!

  • by ffpip on 10/1/20, 3:58 PM

    Clicking on the link shown on the website assigns a unique ID to your version of Firefox downloaded from the playstore. Every user gets a unique ID. This ID is sent back to 'Adjust' when you install the app.

    So much for unfcking the internet. Hypocrisy everywhere.

  • by 0x0 on 10/1/20, 4:12 PM

    I clicked the "download on the app store" button, but ended up on a domain "app.adjust.com" showing a full screen "safari cannot open this page. The error was: the URL was blocked by a content blocker". Deceptive link, doesn't go to the regular ios app store for sure.

    If you want to "unf*ck the internet", perhaps start doing exactly that with your own links. I cannot understand why "adjust dot com" needs to insert itself between this page and the app store. If it's for installation tracking, why not host whatever tracking service on your own domain? AFAIK "adjust dot com" couldn't possibly offer any magic installation tracking that the first party domain couldn't offer.

  • by echelon on 10/1/20, 3:57 PM

    Mozilla appears to be not long for this world, and it's incredibly sad.

    What we should be doing is pointing fingers at Google, who have no business running the world's top browser, search engine, and ad network. That's a monopoly.

  • by dleslie on 10/1/20, 4:13 PM

    What's the goal of this campaign? To raise awareness about Firefox's products and increase users?

    If so, who is the target demographic? The art and style look like they belong on Nickelodian.

    It's giving me a "Hello, fellow kids" vibe.

  • by brokenc0de on 10/1/20, 4:03 PM

    >choose independent tech

    Yeah, and Firefox is a corporation that gets hundreds of millions of dollars a year from Google, whose CEO gets paid about $2 million a year.

    I won't get into their politics, because frankly they shouldn't matter, but please actually start working on your browser, Mozilla. Ungoogled Chromium is eating your lunch.

  • by BitwiseFool on 10/1/20, 3:59 PM

    Is it too much to ask for a tech company to just focus on their product and not delve into social advocacy?

    Edit: The Unfck the Internet project proclaims to be all about user privacy, but it promotes an extension to report political ads and an extension to report recommended YouTube videos (with the goal of not exposing people certain content). That is why I see this as social advocacy because it's clearly got political motives.

  • by parliament32 on 10/1/20, 4:47 PM

    >Put a lid on Facebook

    ><a id="js-fb" class="mzp-c-cta-link" href="http://facebook.com/sharer.php...

    Yup...

  • by MikusR on 10/1/20, 6:14 PM

    Firefox installs a scheduled task that daily reports your default browser to Mozilla and you can't disable it because it comes back after an update. Also while Mozilla provides and constantly advertises (by showing a full page ad for it) an addon that blocks Facebook tracking it doesn't make or advertise an addon to block Google tracking (coincidentally Google pays Mozilla hundreds of millions every year)

  • by ffpip on 10/1/20, 4:16 PM

    > Complains about facebook by saying it tracks users.

    > Links to a facebook owned company (giphy) in the next image.

  • by alphachloride on 10/1/20, 4:21 PM

    "u".

    Here, you dropped this. Omitting the 'u' doesn't suddenly change the weight of the word.

  • by ChrisArchitect on 10/1/20, 4:34 PM

    https://giphy.com/firefox

    demographic target lean and whatever aside, deep in the giphy of promotional gifs ...Unfck this and that........there's one that says Un Zuck It

    hm, on the nose

  • by walrus01 on 10/1/20, 4:21 PM

    Is it too much to ask to use the full and uncensored word 'fuck'. I personally have no problem with casual profanity when its use is warranted, and am more "offended" by people who think they need to self censor themselves.

  • by gambler on 10/1/20, 4:02 PM

    Things Mozilla could do right now that would greatly improve our security and privacy:

    Add anti-fingerprinting tech to the core browser or at least verify one of the existing add-ons that do it.

    Add PGP/GPG to the core browser.

    Look into sandboxing. Maybe pick up maintenance of Sanboxie.

  • by sbmthakur on 10/1/20, 5:46 PM

    Has anyone used Jumbo here? If yes, what's your review?

    https://desktop.jumboprivacy.com/

  • by MrBuddyCasino on 10/1/20, 5:14 PM

    Pocket $2000

    Firefox OS $15000

    Persona $8000

    CEO $3600

    Firefox $150

    someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my browser is dying

  • by antisthenes on 10/2/20, 12:52 AM

    Firefox/Mozilla.

    Please stick to making a better browser, like you did back when the add-on ecosystem didn't suck and was vibrant and alive.

    All these semi-political initiatives just look childish virtue signalling, bankrolled by Google search money and don't do your history any justice.

  • by troughway on 10/1/20, 5:44 PM

    When you try to go up against FB and Google with feelgood nonsense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6atSU2iUrdI (yes, yes...)

  • by pixxel on 10/1/20, 5:37 PM

    I’m struggling to stay loyal to Firefox. Mozilla feels like a bloated pig snuffling on Google’s handouts so that its many employees can enjoy a SV lifestyle. We just need devs and a designer or two to focus on Firefox.

  • by twsted on 10/1/20, 4:24 PM

    I love Firefox but my personal "fight-for-diversity" is carried on through the use of Safari, which I consider the best browser, at least on the Mac.

    On Linux I use Firefox. On Windows I would use Firefox.

  • by friendlybus on 10/1/20, 4:33 PM

    The solution is to police your own ads and not use some services?

    It looks like we're out of ideas if the solution is to just use the internet less..

  • by alg0rith on 10/1/20, 3:54 PM

    Unfuck your own browsers first Mozilla

  • by imode on 10/1/20, 4:13 PM

    This is so tone-deaf it hurts to look at. The way it's presented feels like they're trying to pander to people.

    I use Firefox every single day. Focus on your browser, and let your product do the talking.