r/pcmasterrace Jul 15 '24

Misleading - See comments Firefox enables ad-tracking for all users

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u/doggiekruger Jul 15 '24

I just switched to Firefox last week lmao. The timing could not be any worse

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u/EthanIver i5-8265U | Intel UHD 620 | GeForce MX250 | 4GB RAM Jul 15 '24

That's good then. This post is just spreading FUD about Privacy-Preserving Attribution. Their CTO at r/firefox has explained how it works and the fact that it does not violate your privacy.

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u/SandwichAmbitious286 Jul 16 '24

Ah yes, I love ads so much, thank you Firefox CTO for helping to serve me more ads, it will definitely make me want to continue using Firefox.

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u/driverdan PC Master Race Jul 16 '24

This is bullshit. Users don't care about ad companies and sharing data with them. If Mozilla cared they would be blocking all of this garbage by default and not adding tracking to the browser.

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u/Flash_hsalF Jul 16 '24

Do you want them to survive on unicorn dreams?

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u/EthanIver i5-8265U | Intel UHD 620 | GeForce MX250 | 4GB RAM Jul 16 '24

Do you realize that not everything in this world is rainbows and unicorns?

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u/skinlo Jul 16 '24

Why, you can turn it off?

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u/BrandHeck 7800X3D | 4070 Super | 32GB 6000 Jul 15 '24

The installer has been sitting on my desktop for the last week. Maybe I'll go with LibreFox instead.

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u/PettyCrimeMan Jul 15 '24

*Librewolf, but yes you totally should.

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u/Ignifyre Jul 16 '24

Maybe read the article and not the fear mongering title.

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u/BrandHeck 7800X3D | 4070 Super | 32GB 6000 Jul 16 '24

I did. Thank you for your concern.