I want to know what kind of apps/programs y’all recommend to people or just use personally. This is just in general, could be anything from a game to a media codec. I personally use Linux but stuff for other operating systems is welcome too.

    • asudox@discuss.tchncs.deM
      19·
      1 month ago

      Well then, you should know that they aren’t any better. They track and spy on users, and also put ads into the browser itself.

            • asudox@discuss.tchncs.deM
              4·
              1 month ago

              Sure:

              We may recommend content to you based on your browsing history, language, and country location. The process of deciding which stories you should see based on your browsing history happens locally in your copy of Firefox, and Mozilla does not receive a copy of your browsing history. Mozilla does receive aggregated data about the recommendations you see and click. We also share aggregated data about the sponsored content you see and click with our third-party ad platform Kevel so advertisers can see how many people click on their articles. This aggregated data does not identify you personally.

              Webpage and technical data to Google’s SafeBrowsing service: To help protect you from malicious downloads, Firefox sends basic information about unrecognized downloads to Google’s SafeBrowsing Service, including the filename and the URL it was downloaded from. Learn more or read Google’s Privacy Policy. Opting out prevents Firefox from warning you of potentially illegitimate or malicious websites or downloaded files.

              • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
                7·
                1 month ago

                so the local-only recommendations based on anonymized data about things that ublock stops, and the opt-out malware scan?

                thank you for replying with something substantial. thankfully this is all stuff that’s inconsequential and/or easily disabled.