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This seems out of context. The same git commit that removes the paragraph OP pointed out also adds the following text:
"We believe the internet is for people, not profit. Unlike other companies, we don’t sell access to your data. You’re in control over who sees your search and browsing history. All that and exceptional performance too."
To me that seems more like a re-wording than a fundamental change.
Edit: I somewhat misread the commit, as @olexander@lemmy.world pointed out below.
Goddamnit
We need an eu browser. The governent for example should only use software that is verifiably secure.
I'd agree with that if it weren't for multiple EU goverments including mine (Germany) trying to undermine encryption and security at every opportunity possible, despite getting told off by courts more than once.
Imo the question is how a non profit can be set up to reliably follow their goals in the longterm. And my fear is that ultimately it is always down to the personnel selection, which you can't lock in.
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villian.
So if you don’t want to use a chromium based browser but also care about privacy, you’re now fucked?
Firefox is open-source. Certainly, you're out of options in terms of "name-brand" browsers, but there's a number of Firefox forks. On desktop, LibreWolf is the closest thing to mainline and on Android, IronFox is the equivalent.
If you want something more than just "Firefox minus the branding and tracking", some of the deeper forks are Zen Browser and Floorp.
What happened to Fennec and PaleMoon? Are they no bueno these days?
If you don't want to use Gecko nor Chromium, I am aware of the following alternatives:
Though associated with Apple and Safari, WebKit (@webkit@front-end.social) has its origins in KDE and its Konqueror browser. KDE developed its own web engine called KHTML, which was forked into WebKit. It's therefore fully open source, despite the Apple connection.
On Linux you can use WebKit in GNOME Web (formerly Epiphany) or Konqueror. If you're on Mac, Safari is probably your best bet. Windows users appear to be out of luck.
Servo (@servo@floss.social) is a brand new Rust-based engine which was originally developed by Mozilla, but which was abandoned by them like good things often are. Thankfully the Linux foundation took over developments. It's still in development, but from their download page you can take it for a spin within seconds on all three major operating systems. It's looking pretty good.
They maintain a list of things made with Servo. The most promising project so far appears to be a browser named Verso.
Ladybird is another development to follow. Unlike WebKit and Servo, Ladybird is being developed as a web browser in its own right, but this browser will come with a completely original rendering engine. It aims to have an alpha released next year, and is largely written in C++.
Funnily enough WebKit was Chromium's original engine.
They maintain a list of things made with Servo
As someone who has been closely following the development of Servo, today I still learned that Verso and Servoshell are not the only things using Servo.
There is always Dillo...
Mozilla FakeSpot promises that the following "is Sold and/or Shared [with] Advertising partners":
Instead of aligning FakeSpot (which they bought in 2023) with their pro-privacy stance, it seems they are realigning their stance with their actual activity.
Brownie points for being honest, I guess.
Any alternatives to Firefox?
Waterfox. It's no longer owned by the marketing company that acquired it before
What about Thunderbird?