https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/the-firefox-browser-should-remain-a-browser-and-not-hardcode-a/m-p/46414#M16696 <P>Recently, Mozilla purchased a review-scanning company FakeSpot and has started integrating it into the browser. Mozilla should stop and reverse course immediately.</P><UL><LI><A href="https://lemm.ee/post/14474425" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FakeSpot collects an excessive amount of private data</A>, and since purchasing them, Mozilla has not corrected these privacy problems.</LI><LI>Nobody asked for this. FakeSpot has <A href="https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?advanced=false&amp;allow_punctuation=false&amp;q=FakeSpot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not</A> been requested by the community. Mozilla's finite time, effort, and money could be better spent fixing bugs, addressing requested changes, etc.</LI><LI>People use Firefox because they want a web browser, not a collection of opinionated add-ons. FakeSpot <A href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/how-to-use-fakespot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only</A> works on seven different companies' websites, and it's only fully functional with Amazon.</LI></UL><P>If FakeSpot is great, people can use the extension. Or they can even use the website without installing anything. But it shouldn't be built into Firefox.</P><P>(I submitted this post to Ideas on December 2, but it hasn't been approved, so I'm posting it here to raise awareness.)</P> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 19:37:40 GMT lackey 2023-12-06T19:37:40Z https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/the-firefox-browser-should-remain-a-browser-and-not-hardcode-a/m-p/46414#M16696 <P>Recently, Mozilla purchased a review-scanning company FakeSpot and has started integrating it into the browser. Mozilla should stop and reverse course immediately.</P><UL><LI><A href="https://lemm.ee/post/14474425" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FakeSpot collects an excessive amount of private data</A>, and since purchasing them, Mozilla has not corrected these privacy problems.</LI><LI>Nobody asked for this. FakeSpot has <A href="https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?advanced=false&amp;allow_punctuation=false&amp;q=FakeSpot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not</A> been requested by the community. Mozilla's finite time, effort, and money could be better spent fixing bugs, addressing requested changes, etc.</LI><LI>People use Firefox because they want a web browser, not a collection of opinionated add-ons. FakeSpot <A href="https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/how-to-use-fakespot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only</A> works on seven different companies' websites, and it's only fully functional with Amazon.</LI></UL><P>If FakeSpot is great, people can use the extension. Or they can even use the website without installing anything. But it shouldn't be built into Firefox.</P><P>(I submitted this post to Ideas on December 2, but it hasn't been approved, so I'm posting it here to raise awareness.)</P> Wed, 06 Dec 2023 19:37:40 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/the-firefox-browser-should-remain-a-browser-and-not-hardcode-a/m-p/46414#M16696 lackey 2023-12-06T19:37:40Z