Check the box and forget the feature ever existed until you install the browser again from scratch. It’s been there for 5 years, so it’s not exactly a new or unsolved problem.
I have started regularly donating to foss projects, especially those who are clear on their limits of ai in code. Been donating to signal for years too.
I would pay for Firefox if they kept updates like that off by default. Maybe they could have a screen that shows new options you can turn on which I’d happily ignore most of the time. It obviously takes tons of time to build a web browser so I expect it to get paid for somehow, but yeah, the on-by-default enshittification is no good.
as someone else suggested, a fork is the best way to go. if you are most concerned about privacy, Liberwolf is the way to go. if you want privacy, but aren’t willing to go as far as Librewolf does, then Waterfox is a solid alternative that provides better privacy than Firefox.
Ah, dang. This is as real bummer. What do we do instead? Are we at the point of paying for this app?
I’m thinking about Signal too: software isn’t free so where does the spend come from?
Check the box and forget the feature ever existed until you install the browser again from scratch. It’s been there for 5 years, so it’s not exactly a new or unsolved problem.
Okay, see you the next time this comes up.
It comes up every few months because someone forgets they ticked it off 5 years ago when the feature first released and then they reset their browser.
It’s not a crowd setting; it’s maintaining a product. We love this one because it matches our goal, but that goal requires our fellow persons’ time.
Use Waterfox or Librewolf. Or Zen. Or some other fork.
I do daily Zen but this note moves the problem.
I have started regularly donating to foss projects, especially those who are clear on their limits of ai in code. Been donating to signal for years too.
https://servo.org/ would be the one to donate to for web independence specifically.
I would pay for Firefox if they kept updates like that off by default. Maybe they could have a screen that shows new options you can turn on which I’d happily ignore most of the time. It obviously takes tons of time to build a web browser so I expect it to get paid for somehow, but yeah, the on-by-default enshittification is no good.
as someone else suggested, a fork is the best way to go. if you are most concerned about privacy, Liberwolf is the way to go. if you want privacy, but aren’t willing to go as far as Librewolf does, then Waterfox is a solid alternative that provides better privacy than Firefox.