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Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 1 day ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Firefox’s free VPN will offer 50 gigabytes of monthly data, which is pretty generous for a browser-based VPN. A Mozilla account is required to make use of it, which isn’t a hardship (they’re free), but is a point of friction some may wish to know upfront.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm sure that's the condition, to use your data (that they protect of course) to better improve the browser. And I'm sure they are in a country where they don't have to show logs (that I'm sure they don't keep, yet somehow use your data).

They need to stick with just the browser, period. Stop trying to drift into other areas. Firefox has unfortunately gotten too heavy for what it should be, and adding even more features (good or bad) doesn't help the core performance.

The other options out there have their pluses and minuses, but if Firefox keeps pushing people will live with the negatives of the browsers that seem to care about the browsing experience of their users.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I generally agree but

They need to stick with just the browser, period. Stop trying to drift into other areas. Firefox has unfortunately gotten too heavy for what it should be, and adding even more features (good or bad) doesn't help the core performance.

they are trying to find better ways to finance themselves than google search contracts. that's why they are coming up with all their paid services