I believe the settings to disable this on Librewolf are set by default…

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@kixik #Firefox is signing its own death sentence. Unacceptable! 🤬🤬🤬 https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-search-update/

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Those million dollar CEO pay increases aren’t going to increase themselves…

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Firefox need insight on its search ?

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@chiefbongo @kixik Hi Chief I switched it off in settings…

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You might want to set both configs off. Not just one, although one seems off by default, but better make sure both get off in librewolf.cfg…

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I would not mind if LibreWolf would be based on Firefox ESR (Like Tor and Mullvad browser are). The speed of the amount of new features added to Firefox is something I can do without.

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I might be a bit out of the loop but I assumed the LibreWolf team already removes questionable code when building their fork?

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Yes. My point was that by using Firefox ESR as base the update cycle would be much slower which I would welcome.

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But what would be the benefit of that?

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There is no such thing as anonymous telemetry.

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this guy gets it 🦤

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Firefox suggest is not worth the data that they’re getting with this change. At least the collection can be disabled!

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The data being collected is meant to enhance the appeal of Firefox as an ad platform for customers who might want to buy paid placements in Firefox Suggest. Perhaps they also consider it useful as a trial balloon to test the reaction it gets before heading further in that direction. The reaction it gets will not be good.

Looks like I may finally be trying out Librewolf.

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Welcome. 😃

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Looks like I may finally be trying out Librewolf.

I like the out of the box experience of LibreWolf very much but it will not work well for all websites in my case. Luckily Firefox and LibreWolf can be installed and used at the same time without any issues.

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Welcome to the official community for LibreWolf.

LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disabling anti-freedom features like DRM. If you have any question please visit our FAQ first: https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/

To learn more or to download the browser visit the website: https://librewolf.net/

If you want to contribute head over to our Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/librewolf

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