Mozilla has added support for Google's Play Integrity API, known for blocking users of custom ROMs from accessing banking apps, to Firefox for Android.
It’s probably because non-profit execs are brainwashed by the promises of AI too. Also, Google has donated over $1 billion to Mozilla according to this website.
Looks like right now it just blocks their AI features. Don’t threaten me with a good time Mozilla. Though I do worry about it spreading in the future
The token is used to access Firefox’s server-side AI tools, like Smart Window, for rate-limiting purposes, ensuring only unmodified, > Play-installed copies of Firefox on Google-certified devices use Mozilla’s1 compute infra.
Last I knew, Google provided like 3/4 of their total revenue, so… Google unfortunately gets to call some shots. Only way to really fix that is to give them a substantial alternative income stream.
And then your entire range of browser options becomes Chrome and a half dozen reskins of Chrome. I’m pretty sure a huge reason Google provides the funding is to avoid having Chrome branded a monopoly.
Fuckkkkk.
Can Mozilla just fucking stop licking Google’s asshole for like 1 god damned week?
It’s their biggest source of revenue, AFAIK.
firefox lives and dies by google giving them money.
Why though, it could run as a stable project with little support outside volunteer and donations…which they ask for already.
It’s probably because non-profit execs are brainwashed by the promises of AI too. Also, Google has donated over $1 billion to Mozilla according to this website.
Looks like right now it just blocks their AI features. Don’t threaten me with a good time Mozilla. Though I do worry about it spreading in the future
Last I knew, Google provided like 3/4 of their total revenue, so… Google unfortunately gets to call some shots. Only way to really fix that is to give them a substantial alternative income stream.
or let them slip into obsolescence.
And then your entire range of browser options becomes Chrome and a half dozen reskins of Chrome. I’m pretty sure a huge reason Google provides the funding is to avoid having Chrome branded a monopoly.