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Call me when they remove it.
I'm confused. Isn't Firefox an autonomous application? Like it could be "programmed" to do stuff without asking Mozilla every time? Why am I not operating Firefox, why is it Mozilla?
Exactly. Mozilla doesn't "operate" Firefox. Firefox is a binary application on my computer. I operate Firefox. They develop Firefox. Huge difference