<![CDATA[Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser?]]>Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser?

Or even just funding a non-profit to maintain an EU fork which does things like respect EU laws and regulations

Think about it

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/luana/statuses/116589904167397009https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/luana/statuses/116589904167397009Sun, 17 May 2026 12:25:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sun, 17 May 2026 07:42:13 GMT]]>@Umbreon @flyingpenguin @eniko

I'd say the picture is much more diverse. While Google might be the main driver, there are a lot more contributors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/anthrazit/statuses/116588788680196123https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/anthrazit/statuses/116588788680196123Sun, 17 May 2026 07:42:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sun, 17 May 2026 07:38:38 GMT]]>@leslieclarke @eniko cue a new country called "Fireland" whose sole purpose is to develop a user-respecting web browser

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116588774560224746https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/badrihippo/statuses/116588774560224746Sun, 17 May 2026 07:38:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sun, 17 May 2026 05:05:19 GMT]]>@eniko @EUCommission
I think this is a nice one for @hpod16

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/erikcats/statuses/116588171741071917https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/erikcats/statuses/116588171741071917Sun, 17 May 2026 05:05:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sun, 17 May 2026 01:38:25 GMT]]>@alexia @EUCommission @eniko @wyatt_h_knott Also might be a bit too niche for non-technical users. Doubt the average person understands anti-fingerprinting.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donphan.social/users/Umbreon/statuses/116587358174965594https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donphan.social/users/Umbreon/statuses/116587358174965594Sun, 17 May 2026 01:38:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sun, 17 May 2026 01:34:43 GMT]]>@flyingpenguin @eniko @anthrazit I mean it would probably better to have a fully separated browser stack from Chromium.

Sure Vivaldi is probably on one of the most "distinct" chromium forks but it's still ultimately dependent on Google for like 90% of their stack.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donphan.social/users/Umbreon/statuses/116587343623702666https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donphan.social/users/Umbreon/statuses/116587343623702666Sun, 17 May 2026 01:34:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 23:50:57 GMT]]>@eniko @EUCommission This is against the ideas of the European Union, they wouldn't do such a thing

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.puffer.fish/users/nico/statuses/116586935608681434https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.puffer.fish/users/nico/statuses/116586935608681434Sat, 16 May 2026 23:50:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 23:11:31 GMT]]>@eniko @EUCommission

Would be globally beneficial. Great suggestion. Or maybe that's why they don't do it?]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ewenbell.com/objects/aaca4a8a-5b14-43bc-8f5d-85e604bdc195https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ewenbell.com/objects/aaca4a8a-5b14-43bc-8f5d-85e604bdc195Sat, 16 May 2026 23:11:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 22:35:28 GMT]]>@eniko @EUCommission Yeah and they will add age verification and chat control in it.😑

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Unn0wn/statuses/116586638789860940https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Unn0wn/statuses/116586638789860940Sat, 16 May 2026 22:35:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:31:37 GMT]]>@gabeweb
I've asked for citations, as in concrete examples.

If you're only into scaremongering with “regulations” then I'm done here and temp-muting you.

P.S. Check why Germany has a TÜV in China, or why France bans many Chinese products, or why we don't import food from the USA, then you'll know what regulations are for.

@eniko @EUCommission

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116586387719434701https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116586387719434701Sat, 16 May 2026 21:31:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:00:36 GMT]]>@eniko @EUCommission I've repeatedly (alas not with much reach) advocated for this.

The open Internet of today needs would need a free browser - and a free mobile OS.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/larsmb/statuses/116586265749953422https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/larsmb/statuses/116586265749953422Sat, 16 May 2026 21:00:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:59:08 GMT]]>@dzwiedziu @eniko @EUCommission the EU over-regulates its own industry to death, making it impossible to compete. That's why traditional European brands either moved to B2B or went extinct, leaving the consumer market wide open for Chinese companies.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gabeweb/statuses/116586259983610609https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gabeweb/statuses/116586259983610609Sat, 16 May 2026 20:59:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:46:45 GMT]]>@viq @BartV @eniko @EUCommission der Feuerfuchs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.com.pl/ap/users/116057157055409848/statuses/116586211269313194https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.com.pl/ap/users/116057157055409848/statuses/116586211269313194Sat, 16 May 2026 20:46:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:35:53 GMT]]>@BartV @eniko @EUCommission shouldn't it be feuxfox then?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.hackerspace.pl/users/viq/statuses/116586168567110542https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.hackerspace.pl/users/viq/statuses/116586168567110542Sat, 16 May 2026 20:35:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:31:05 GMT]]>@gabeweb
[citation needed]

@eniko @EUCommission

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116586149665222651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116586149665222651Sat, 16 May 2026 20:31:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:29:29 GMT]]>@eniko @EUCommission european nationalism my beloathed. eu this eu that how about just. non-american. and decentralized

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tudbut.de/objects/982fe693-75ae-414e-8542-d88497ed8ee1https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tudbut.de/objects/982fe693-75ae-414e-8542-d88497ed8ee1Sat, 16 May 2026 20:29:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:27:17 GMT]]>@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

1 EU would not be more privacy friendly than mozilla
2 EU is in the pocket of giant corps, google for one

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://transfem.social/notes/amcd3cl3stf905mdhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://transfem.social/notes/amcd3cl3stf905mdSat, 16 May 2026 20:27:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:09:26 GMT]]>@webbop @eniko @EUCommission @servo but rust is AI these days

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meow.social/users/patterfloof/statuses/116586064562610570https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meow.social/users/patterfloof/statuses/116586064562610570Sat, 16 May 2026 20:09:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 17:27:56 GMT]]>@allende1973 @eniko @EUCommission Hab den Beitrag Mastodon gemeldet.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/116585429492963488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/116585429492963488Sat, 16 May 2026 17:27:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 17:20:03 GMT]]>@eniko @EUCommission you may want to address @EC_OSPO

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.anoxinon.de/ap/users/115989705188194340/statuses/116585398502964327https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.anoxinon.de/ap/users/115989705188194340/statuses/116585398502964327Sat, 16 May 2026 17:20:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 17:18:50 GMT]]>@einsiedlerspiel @flyingpenguin @eniko @anthrazit

From Microsoft (HTML Standard ) to Google ( Manifest )

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/116585393713810766https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/116585393713810766Sat, 16 May 2026 17:18:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 17:12:46 GMT]]>@Turre @luc0x61 @booboo @eniko @EUCommission i don't care. Ipensourceness is just a bonus for me, features over opensourceness. Most projects end up with no relevant fork and an owner that decide to reject features they don't see fit

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hiphopheaven/statuses/116585369869464155https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hiphopheaven/statuses/116585369869464155Sat, 16 May 2026 17:12:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:40:02 GMT]]>@eniko @EUCommission

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Befreiung des Internets mit dem Mullvad Browser

Der Mullvad Browser ist ein auf Datenschutz ausgerichteter Webbrowser, entwickelt in Zusammenarbeit zwischen Mullvad VPN und dem Tor Project. Er wurde entworfen, um Tracking und digitale Fingerabdrücke zu minimieren.

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Mullvad VPN (mullvad.net)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/116585241129479310https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/joergba/statuses/116585241129479310Sat, 16 May 2026 16:40:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey @EUCommission have you considered just like, buying Mozilla and making Firefox the sovereign EU browser? on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:37:16 GMT]]>@flyingpenguin @eniko @anthrazit

ad blocking and browser coming from different vendors is a _feature_, not something to be fixed in my book.

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