I have been using Waterfox for some time now, and I generally really like it, and since it appears to be using QT I do not have that annoying mismatch I tend to have with Firefox and Librewolf. However I did recently become aware that it's owned by an ad company, my general question is have they done anything spooky yet? also while this might come off as a general paranoia are the accounts I logged in using Waterfox safe
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BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 3y
They recently became independent again https://www.waterfox.net/blog/2023/07/03/a-new-chapter-for-waterfox
igorlogius@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 3y
FAQ is probably just outdated.
igorlogius@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 3y
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/independent
Also it's clearly states at the bottom of the site
BrowserWorks, an independent company. Company No. 14843353.You can look up it in the government database https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14843353
igorlogius@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
ISOmorph@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y
I'm interested because I'm a KDE fanboy: I've looked at some screenshots and I'm seeing regular old Firefox. What's QT about it?
skymtf@pricefield.org · 1 pts · 3y
QT is the gui framework that all KDE apps are built in
ISOmorph@feddit.de · 0 pts · 3y
Yeah no thanks, I knew that. My question is what is QT about it. In the screenshots it doesn't integrate into KDE at all. It's just plain Firefox.
skymtf@pricefield.org · 1 pts · 3y
Mine seems to intergreat, has the KDE title bar and such, rather than Firefox which is just the GNOME ones
Pantherina@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y
No Firefox uses GTK.
You can disable SSD (server side decorarion) to get the in-line buttons, in the "customize appearance" screen bottom left.
skymtf@pricefield.org · 1 pts · 3y
Oh cool!
BrikoX@lemmy.fmhy.net · 2 pts · 3y
They recently became independent again https://www.waterfox.net/blog/2023/07/03/a-new-chapter-for-waterfox
skymtf@pricefield.org · 1 pts · 3y
woooo!
jxrdsn@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y