Does anyone know if #LibreWolf or any other privacy focused #firefox forks keep #screenreader and other #accessibility features? Sadly, most of these projects seem to consider accessibility an unneeded feature that ads bloat and security issues and just strip it out completely, so I don't have high hopes. This just seems to be the latest one getting popular after the recent #firefox issues. #a11y
@fastfinge It might be easier to turn off telemetry/ads stuff in Firefox. You still send a signal that you aren't happy with the current decision if that's your intention by switching. Plus, you keep the advantages of using upstream which has better accessibility support.
@dannycolin How long will they respect that setting, though? How many times will a quote unquote bug turn it all back on after an update, without me noticing?
@fastfinge Waterfox between 2019-2023 got acquired by an advertizing company. You never know when a project is going to do something shady especially if it gets popular fast. Lots of sharks will be interested.
Anyway, I don't want to defend any side. To answer your question, you can use a user.js file where you keep preferences you want to change. This way they can't be modified by the application. It works with forks too. See kb.mozillazine.org/User.js_file. Hope it helps :).
