12-25-2022 , 12:32 AM
Waterfox web browser sold to System1
MARTIN BRINKMANN
Updated • Feb 15, 2020
Internet, waterfox
It appears that the Waterfox web browser has been sold to System1 recently, the same company that bought the Startpage search engine some time ago. To be precise, Startpage was bought by Privacy One Group Ltd which System1 owns. System1 is an advertising company that tries to "make advertising better and safer, while respecting consumer privacy".
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/02/14/waterf...o-system1/
Closing Words
There are apparent similarities between the Startpage and Waterfox deals. A level of secrecy surrounds these deals which leads to all sorts of speculations. Kontos mentioned on Reddit that transparency is important to him and it will be interesting to see if all important details of the deal are revealed in the upcoming blog post.
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Update: Alex Kontos, the creator of Waterfox, published a blog post on the official site explaining the change. End
https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-h...d-system1/
MARTIN BRINKMANN
Updated • Feb 15, 2020
Internet, waterfox
It appears that the Waterfox web browser has been sold to System1 recently, the same company that bought the Startpage search engine some time ago. To be precise, Startpage was bought by Privacy One Group Ltd which System1 owns. System1 is an advertising company that tries to "make advertising better and safer, while respecting consumer privacy".
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/02/14/waterf...o-system1/
Closing Words
There are apparent similarities between the Startpage and Waterfox deals. A level of secrecy surrounds these deals which leads to all sorts of speculations. Kontos mentioned on Reddit that transparency is important to him and it will be interesting to see if all important details of the deal are revealed in the upcoming blog post.
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Update: Alex Kontos, the creator of Waterfox, published a blog post on the official site explaining the change. End
https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-h...d-system1/