Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.

  • BetterNotBigger@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Even if this isn’t entirely true, you know Google wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to reduce Firefox market share to scare everyone back to Chrome.

      • pycorax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        That’s not the point they’re trying to make I think. It’s more of an attack on perfection. Like “the alternative is not perfect either so why not just stay with Chrome”. It’s not a very strong argument in general but it might be enough to keep people from switching.

    • cley_faye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      There’s no need to reduce Firefox marketshare. Most people don’t even consider using anything else than whatever is default in their device.

      Also, it’s not a Google scare tactic or a flex. Every application on the Play Store must disclose the general outlines of their data policy, including the sharing of data. Lying with those checkbox is not a good idea but they are completely informative and put there by the publishing party, so the people responsible for publishing Firefox on mobile just updated these, and this is what is shown when an app publisher say their app is sharing data with third parties.

      tl;dr: it’s very likely that not a single soul at Google even looked at this, as this is just the regular behavior of the Play Store with apps that changes their data policy or indicate sharing user data with third parties.

    • Engywook@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      There isn’t to much to reduce. I don’t think Google is scared or afraid by Firefox, like at all.

  • Laurel Raven@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Okay, turned it off. If a site needs my location it can ask me and I can politely tell it to fuck off unless it has a warrant.

  • kingthrillgore@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Google: “Forcing us to divest Chrome could have impacts on our ability to support Mozilla and their high executive salaries as we own the space with Chrome.”

    Also Google:

  • Rose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    Wait a second. You’re expecting Google to not FUD? Ha ha ha oh wow. I mean I didn’t actually expect them to do so, but yeah.

      • Bazoogle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        That’s chromium based. Having more firefox based browsers helps take away the dominate control Google has on browsers.

          • Bazoogle@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            30 days ago

            lol, honestly, just Firefox. I know there’s a lot of hubbub about Mozilla and Firefox with them changing their ToS, but you can disable all sponsored items, and anonymous. And even though they changed their ToS, I don’t think they’ve changed anything. They’ve sold anonymized data for a while. People here don’t seem to like data selling of any kind, but Firefox only collects anonymized data, and it’s a free service.

            The only two real options will be Chrome and Chromium based, and Firefox and Firefox based. For Firefox based that isn’t firefox, you’ve got:

            • Librewolf
            • Mullvad
            • Zen
            • Floorp

            If you google for other browsers, and find one you haven’t heard of, there’s a 99% chance it’s Chromium based.

  • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
    0·
    2 months ago

    The DDG app shows no 3rd party tracking attempts made by Firefox at all… So far…

    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      Yeah. People can avoid all this nonsense by installing one simple app… Duck duck go browser.

      You don’t have to use the browser. It just sits in the background quietly blocking tracking requests from other apps.

      It’s absolutely horrifying on first use to see how egregious tracking is.

      • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        That’s not how it works. Apps cannot access the traffic of other apps, let alone decrypt it. There is no way DDG Browser does what you claim it does. They do not even claim that themselves.

        EDIT: Unless, of course, it works as a VPN, which apparently it does.

        • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
          0·
          2 months ago

          It does in fact do what they claim it does, by functioning as a VPN.

          You should probably try the app first before talking out of your ass.

          • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            I did have the browser app a few months ago, but didn’t see any such functionality. Of course, by working as a VPN that works.

            • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              1 month ago

              It’s in the Settings, under “App Tracking Protection”.

              I don’t even use the browser part of the app.

          • Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
            0·
            2 months ago

            They’re making shit up. I can assure you that the DDG app does in fact block trackers in other apps, by functioning as a VPN. Give it a try, it really does work.