I have been using Waterfox for some time now, and I generally really like it, and since it appears to be using QT I do not have that annoying mismatch I tend to have with Firefox and Librewolf. However I did recently become aware that it’s owned by an ad company, my general question is have they done anything spooky yet? also while this might come off as a general paranoia are the accounts I logged in using Waterfox safe

  • igorlogius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago
    1. Who owns Waterfox?

    System1 now own Waterfox, but Alex Kontos is still leading the direction of Waterfox and will be for the foreseeable future.

    ref. https://www.waterfox.net/docs/faq

    System1 operates the most dynamic Responsive Acquisition Marketing Platform

    ref. https://system1.com/

    tldr: still seemed to be owned by a marketing/advertising company or am i missing something ?

      • igorlogius@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        As far as i can see the blog post some people are referncing only states

        Waterfox is independent again.

        But doenst say what that means exactly or who now controls or owns it. So until i see any other information, i will continue to assume that it is owned and controlled by system1. But If anyone, knows something more, please be so kind and share your sources.

        edit: Seems i overlooked some information. See post @BrikoX@lemmy.zip below. So the question would be now: Is the new “BrowserWorks” company trustworthy. Guess as long as sources are open (ref. https://github.com/WaterfoxCo/Waterfox) and we can follow the development … we’ll see in time.

        edit2: Might also be very interesting to know how this company intends to make money.