I care about my privacy, though I like it’s UI. Is it really as bad as some say?
It has an opt in option to sell ad space for some of its crypto. Some people just are offended that the option is even there.
because that effectively make them an advertising company.
Advertising online is incompatible with privacy, there’s no reconciliation between the two. And whoever tells you otherwise, is an advertiser.
Some people dont see it as a black and white issue.
Does firefox lose its privacy status if it takes google money and makes the default search engine google search?
Definitely yes. Firefox is not private as provided by Mozilla. You have to use a custom user.js to disable all the tracking, or install a Firefox based browser like Librewolf or Mullvad Browser.
Unfortunately there’s ads in Firefox too, and they’re opt out instead of opt in. I’m certainly not a fan of it, but outside of LibreWolf until servo becomes a thing I think should be right but we’re stuck choosing lesser of multiple evils.
