I know this sounds bad, but maybe this is a blessing in disguise. Necessity is the mother of invention and maybe browser technology should be funded by governments instead of privately owned advertising megacorps?

  • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    maybe browser technology should be funded by governments

    Yeah let’s make it even easier for them to implement backdoors

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      11 hours ago

      I mean, before DOGE ostensibly took over USDS I was aware of it funding open source projects through normal processes just because their continued improvement helped the government function. Making software good for government agencies was one of their mandates.

      If I had full faith in the current Mozilla project like I used to, I’d say they could just accept funding through the nonprofit in a similar setup and just do good things.

      My point is there are ways to make it work where there is funding without influence. Just corruption and capitalism are fighting against it.

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      3 hours ago

      If it’s free software (which it should be), then we’d be able to see any backdoors they add.