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[โ€“] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 71 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Governments agencies usually obtain software through contracts with vendors. Microsoft is one of those vendors so I'm not surprised to hear about this.

Also, Firefox is the pretty much the browser of freedom and independence so I'm surprised it's not illegal or "against family values" at this point. ๐Ÿ˜”