This was publically announced in July: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2024/07/22/privacy-guides-partners-with-magic-grants-501-c-3/

We're really not trying to mine data lol

You could read our Tor overview or @jonah@lemmy.one's post on our forum (which you should totally join)

Did you watch the video?

From the first two paragraphs of the article:

Silicon Valley could well be built on the principle of scrapping principles. Now Elon Musk, perhaps the ultimate tech bro, is shredding another well-regarded convention with an original business strategy.

Generally, in business, it is sensible to provide your customers with what they want. With Twitter, the meme-makers' favourite billionaire is doing the opposite. The cyber-trucker is trying his best to cull his customer base. Instead of finding gaps in the market, Musk is helping to create them.

Its a 500 word article...

We recommend just switching to Brave and disabling the 'crytpo crap' yourself rather than using a fork that is liable to go unmaintained and miss updates.

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