On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Gerald B. Cox <gb...@bzb.us> wrote:
> I went back and reviewed Fedora Forbidden Items > <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items?rd=ForbiddenItems> and > saw nothing that applied to the situation with Firefox. While I agree with > the statement: "The concerns raised are that the default configuration > is an "opt-out" vs. "opt-in" model of Firefox issuing network calls back to > Mozilla's servers, and Fedora's user base expects "opt-in" for these sorts > of things."; I also expect that same user base would overwhelmingly prefer > using Firefox (with ads), Chromium or Google Chrome over Epiphany, Midori > or Konqueror. > > If you can disable the ads in Fedora's packaging, then by all means do > so. Changing default packages however is a big deal and IMO the only other > browser that could match the universal compatibility and functionality of > Mozilla Firefox is the Chromium project. Chromium has yet to debut in the > Fedora repositories... so that situation would have to be remedied first. > I'm a huge fan of both Fedora and Firefox. Please don't put me in a position where I have to choose between them for some silly non-technical "issue".
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