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1. rpigab ◴[] No.41857163[source]
- Switch to Firefox with uBlock Origin.

- Change your default search engines.

- Uncheck the Firefox ads and remove commercial stuff.

- We all convince Mozilla to refrain from enshittifying Firefox or abandoning it, somehow, because ads are the main reason people hate browsing the internet, so if Firefox becomes a safe haven, Google will stop giving it money to stay alive.

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2. ulrikrasmussen ◴[] No.41858452[source]
Google was ordered by the court to stop giving it money: https://fortune.com/2024/08/05/mozilla-firefox-biggest-poten...

I think they were just waiting for the inevitable. Instead of cutting off the competition and risking an antitrust lawsuit due to their browser monopoly, they simply waited for an antitrust case on their search engine monopoly to force their hand.

The courts have failed to realize the obvious consequences of this.

3. self_awareness ◴[] No.41867019[source]
> We all convince Mozilla to refrain from enshittifying Firefox or abandoning it, somehow, because ads are the main reason people hate browsing the internet, so if Firefox becomes a safe haven, Google will stop giving it money to stay alive.

Aren't "we" trying to do it for a long time already?