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Mozilla is Introducing 'Terms of Use' to Firefox | Also about to go into effect is an updated privacy notice (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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Hot off the back of its recent leadership rejig, Mozilla has announced users of Firefox will soon be subject to a ‘Terms of Use’ policy — a first for the iconic open source web browser.

This official Terms of Use will, Mozilla argues, offer users ‘more transparency’ over their ‘rights and permissions’ as they use Firefox to browse the information superhighway — as well well as Mozilla’s “rights” to help them do it, as this excerpt makes clear:

You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet.

When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

Also about to go into effect is an updated privacy notice (aka privacy policy). This adds a crop of cushy caveats to cover the company’s planned AI chatbot integrations, cloud-based service features, and more ads and sponsored content on Firefox New Tab page.

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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Overhyped AI is going to fail, and it can't happen soon enough. The Mozilla leadership really needs to pay attention to that reality.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mozilla leadership needs to be removed

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago

There's never enough money to maintain the browser but there's always enough to dump more into executives pockets.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

100%. I can't decide whether I think the organization being dissolved completely is a good idea or not, but I'm at least open to it.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

i think MS? admitted AI isnt generating useful profit for them, yea its hype like crypto is.

[–] wioum@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's not going to disappear, it has its place, but its not going to be shoehorned into every single thing.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

i know, but companies still think AI is a replacement of : software engineers, programmers down the line, and outsourcing all thier CS. instead its just rehashing other AI content into its own. they have a place for answering simple questions, or pulling up complex programs

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sorry, I realized I'm using my personal jargon in public again. When I said "AI," I meant this overhyped put-it-in-your-mouse garbage. When I'm talking about the actually useful stuff, I usually call it "ML."

Of course you have no reason to know that or care. My apologies.