Mozilla software is becoming a problem like Android (FOSS but not for user's freedom). It's not community-driven software, and Mozilla foundation depends financialy to Google Inc since many years ago.
El 05/11/15 a les 02:50, Ivan Zaigralin ha escrit: > I don't know whether anyone has the resources needed to build a > functional replacement for Firefox, but the concerns raised below are > 100% legitimate and urgent. As far as I know (PLEASE correct me if I am > wrong), the Windoze version of Firefox prompts, downloads, and installs > non-free blobs to make EME work. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypted_Media_Extensions > > Since Mozilla obviously thinks co-distributing non-free code (by Adobe!) > is not unethical, I wouldn't put it past them now to use a combination > of deception and obfuscation to peddle even more non-free code, this > time in secret. After all, it can't be bad if it's all for the sake of > the users' convenience, right? > > At least for now, though, a deblobbing approach taken by the Gnuzilla > team seems like a right fit. We just need to keep it in mind that > Mozilla is rotten in the core now, and will almost certainly rot all the > way through in the near future. My hope is that an /ethical/ team will > emerge with both the means and the desire to fork the damn thing. > > On 11/04/2015 03:38 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Firefox is becoming quite a task to master when it comes to plugging all >> of the privacy related "leaks". >> >> Each time they do an upgrade, there is another privacy hole to hunt down >> and close. Mozilla seems to love sharing our data with third parties >> whom I'm not sure I can trust. >> >> To make it harder, Mozilla do not provide one clear location where a >> user can read documentation on how to close the privacy holes - one has >> to search Mozilla's sites for the scattered documentation. Quite >> frankly, I find this rather frustrating, given the unnecessary waste of >> time that it requires ... how many metaphoric keyboards have I thrown >> around the room?! >> >> Would GNU consider building a web browser (other than "Web") from >> scratch, GPL 3'd (if possible), secular in terms of NOT requiring >> dependencies on Gnome so that it can run on most desktop environments. >> >> I'm thinking in terms of a better competitor to Xombrero - perhaps add >> Emacs (& Vim perhaps) key bindings as an option too. Add to this mix, >> the should be mandatory clear documentation for "not so techie" users. >> >> Perhaps I'm asking too much, especially when I'm not in a position to >> contribute at this stage :-(, but I thought I'd "put it out there". >> >> Kind regards, >> Bjoern Nyjorden. > > > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
