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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Waterfox web browser sold to System1 [ghacks.net]

It appears that the Waterfox [waterfox.net] web browser has been sold to System1 recently, the same company that bought the Startpage search engine [ghacks.net] some time ago [ghacks.net]. 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".

[...] Privacy expert Liz McIntyre, who was involved with Startpage prior to the ownership change, noticed in October 2019 that System1 was looking to hire a web browser developer. She decided to keep an eye on potential web browser sales as it was likely that System1 was interested in buying an established web browser with a user base instead of building one from scratch.

The job description [lever.co] provides insight on the potential target: It revealed that development would focus on the Mozilla platform and that a key goal was to keep a classic version of the browser up-to-date.

[...] There are not that many browsers that match the description which made the most popular ones, Waterfox and Pale Moon, the most likely target for a sale.

See also: Waterfox has joined System1 [waterfox.net]

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