Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 days agoFirefox is adding a switch to turn AI features offwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down11
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minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoMozilla are using a similar model to Microsoft and open sourcing Firefox code under the MPL while distributing the executable under a new Terms of Service. Firefox (the executable) is no longer considered FOSS since they can revoke your license at anytime. I posted a comment that details my personal view of this change. TL;DR: they would have only done this if they planned on farming user data. And last month announced that they intend to do just that.
Mozilla are using a similar model to Microsoft and open sourcing Firefox code under the MPL while distributing the executable under a new Terms of Service.
Firefox (the executable) is no longer considered FOSS since they can revoke your license at anytime. I posted a comment that details my personal view of this change.
TL;DR: they would have only done this if they planned on farming user data. And last month announced that they intend to do just that.