Waterfox sold to System1, an ad company that bought a majority of Startpage
Hi all,<p>Waterfox dev here. I’d appreciate if people read the blog announcement here as well:<p><a href="https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1" rel="nofollow">https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1</a><p>While I’ve always kept Waterfox privacy friendly (and it will remain so) I’ve never tried to have it as a privacy product specifically (that was cherry picked by the author), as I’ve explained in the blog. It’s not something I’ve wanted to go down, so all the outrage towards me for that has been, at least towards me, a little unfair.<p>Also, this post has led to a lot of (what feels like) harassment from disgruntled privacy users, even though nothing has changed.<p>System1 are pivoting to focus on more privacy-focused ventures, something I’m sure a lot of HN readers are familiar with.<p>At the end of the day, they were the right fit and aren’t going to change Waterfox in any of its privacy aspects, and I can finally grow out Waterfox to hopefully be more than it currently is.<p>What should be IMO a joyful occasion for myself and Waterfox users has ended up into a collection of conspiracy theories and rather unkind words.<p>Regardless, I hope everyone has a good weekend and am more than happy to try and answer questions :-)