And they’re cornering several markets, e.g. also the browser markets, which if we let them will make your adblocker no longer work either.
Don’t use Chrome or Chrome-based browsers people. (So basically, use Firefox.)
(Yes there are a couple of others too. Do what you want, I’m not your boss.)
Yeah I was just elaborating on your point.
It’s conspiratorial that Google gets ad clicks through Firefox, and pays Mozilla some of the money it makes from that?
And I suppose it’s also conspiratorial to claim it’s doing the same for Safari users - instead it’s more likely that it’s paying Apple 20 billion a year to remain out of the clutches of regulators?
Imagine if all the hours spent shitposting on Lemmy was spent on a single distribution.
The ways people enjoy spending their time are not interchangeable. Or in other words: https://fosstodon.org/@bragefuglseth/113183569977642462
I mean, the extension system means we could easily fix it
If that’s the case, then why not do it? Apparently the people who actually worked on X11 had a different idea, and so they decide not to do it themselves - but the code is right there for those who do think that that’s a good approach.
Likewise, there are plenty of definitions of “better” that make Wayland a lot better. It’s just that it’s a lot of work to make something better, especially for some interpretations of “better”.
The authentic French translation of forking.
And where did that Google money come from?
(It’s a rhetorical question of course: it came from Firefox users clicking on ads.)
How do you think Mozilla was funded before Fakespot and Anonym were acquired?
Pullout game? I don’t pull out, I just rawdog that sex!
Wait.
It’s a real shame the process for the previous logo wasn’t followed again. I liked the previous logo, too.
18 years of it.
Anyone know what ScotchBonnet is? Something search-related it seems.
Taking a transatlantic flight and spending it all awake, looking at the flight map.
I’m not sure if those specifically were in favour of AI, but yes, they did get less investment. Another sign that they’re struggling to bring in enough money with other projects.
(I do wonder, given how many of Proton’s projects have launched relatively recently, how many of those projects bring in enough money to offset their own costs. Possibly we’re in for a couple of similar announcements from Proton at some point? Let’s hope not.)
Gecko is the main reason Mozilla is important.
I’d say Proton has become Mozilla more than the other way around, now that they’re also a non-profit. Mozilla does have its own set of privacy-related tools (Firefox Relay, Mozilla Monitor, Mozilla VPN, …), but not all of them have been successful, and some have been discontinued (e.g. the password manager). All of those were/are certainly attempts to reduce the dependence on Google money.
Well, there’s a custom app, and their own login and automatic monthly billing. It’ll depend on the person on whether that’s useful, but it’s not next-to-no maintenance. Though for sure way less than maintaining custom VPN infra.
Appears to be a mistake, but needs gorhill to appeal to make the reviewer aware of the mistake and to be able to fix it, which he doesn’t feel like doing because he thinks it’s unlikely to have been a mistake.
Update: now reversed, but gorhill removed it himself just to not have to deal with the review process and the possibility of human error anymore.