Wanted to love this but between the data collection policy and inconsistency in the ability to parse out junk products, I have to say this add on is about 90% useless.

If Mozilla reworks this add on I would consider using it again.

disgusting that Mozilla would put out such a blatant datamining product

Seriously... and its made by Mozilla as well :( I guess they will have to get your data somehow...

I uninstalled it without hesitation after their extortionate notice about the collection and use of my data

I had no idea that an add-on with such unacceptable practices belongs to Mozilla!

Data thieves

The biggest stinking lie is that they HAVE to collect private data to be able to function, f*ck off...

This was proving pretty useful but the recent requirement to opt in to their privacy policy which is totally unnecessary to provide the service means an uninstall from me.

Wow yes I sure do love a opt in to for us to collect your data or uninstall our extension prompt. Such a choice we have either opt in to our privacy invading policy or don't use our extension what a choice.

Anti-Privacy

Mozilla acquired Fakespot in 2023. In January 2024 they updated the privacy policy to include "All personal information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to, the United States or other countries, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws where you live."

This is a kick in the teeth to GDPR, which is intended to safeguard EU citizens from countries such as the United States, with little-to-no privacy safeguards from vulture-like marketing. They're using the wording to state that as long as you use this service, they can and will use your data to profile you, transmit it anywhere in the world, share it with third parties, and likely sell it to third parties too. So great, you get to see if a review is fake, but at the same time, you're now a bigger target for spammers, scammers, and other cybercriminal factions.

Give this a wide berth. There are no good alternatives at this time. Mozilla, for its mission of building a better internet, has once again been let down by the [lack of] leadership. Their new CEO has a purely commercial background, so this is not unsurprising.

A privacy nightmare.

Was decent, now sells you private data. Do not use or install.

Sold out my private Data to Mozilla shame

Uninstalled today after getting the notice about collecting date. Too bad, was a decent extension until that.

It's inconsistent. I've seen a seller I trust be having a different rating on each product page. This add-on is useless.

Like a charismatic salesman saying you can trust him while stabbing you in the back, this extension promises to keep you safe from scams while simultaneously harvesting your data to sell. Do not install!

This extension will collect all you information, I mean ALL: https://www.fakespot.com/privacy-policy

Used to be good. *Used* to be. Cannot trust it anymore. Sites that I know are scam sites are given As & Bs, while other sites that are reputable are given Ds and Fs. Uninstalled.

Used to be helpful, now is completely useless. AI bots have broken this tool.

Contradictory and bad info. Sellers I've used for years (and are good) ranked D but super sketch sellers get an A with 3 reviews and only being open for a few months.

The real killer is it runs on websites it has no business on. Like it runs on everything rather than looking for qualifying commerce sites. It just injects itself into everything breaking local web services like router and networking panels, snooping on banking or anything else you do...Mozilla somehow manages to push the boundaries of bad decisions when they were supposed to be the good/safe/privacy respecting alternative...yet here they are feeding all our habits to another LLM/ML/Ai...

I installed this on 2 different systems. The first I was never shown the forced opt in privacy panel. It wasn't until the second install that I was presented with that...So the install process can / does / is broken in a way you can give up your right to privacy without knowing what it's doing. Despite that if you do opt in (the only way to use it) and start to dig a bit you can see it's broken, intrusive and should not be trusted.

As a side note when uninstalling I noticed conveniently you can't report it for abuse...funny...