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MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has

MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
    805·
    1 month ago

    This will be easy to hate on, but let’s be careful not to get carried away.

    Maintaining a web browser is basically the toughest mission in software. LibreWolf and PaleMoon and IceWhatsit and all the rest are small-time amateur projects that are dependent on Firefox. They do not solve the problem we have. To keep a modicum of privacy and openness, the web is de-facto dependent on Firefox continuing to exist in the medium term. And it has to be paid for somehow.

    This reminds me of the furore about EME, the DRM sandbox that makes Netflix work. I was against it at the time but I see now that the alternative would have been worse. It would have been the end of Firefox. Sometimes there’s no good option and you have to accept the least bad.

        • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
          510·
          1 month ago

          Nah, suits don’t deserve the dignity of a painless existence. They made their choice to be a soulless husk, and that’s how they should be treated.

          • Dojan@lemmy.world
            41·
            1 month ago

            That’s certainly cathartic, and I can appreciate that, but it’s not helpful.

            • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
              2·
              1 month ago

              Neither are executive pay packages. In fact, they harm A LOT more people than one rich prick… So defend them if you want, but know that in doing so, you defend the very problem.

              • Dojan@lemmy.world
                3·
                1 month ago

                I mean you’re welcome to believe what you believe, and if you want to string them up I wouldn’t stop you. I just don’t think killing any of these people is going to solve anything as the problem is systemic. We need to take the system and their means away from them.

                • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  1 month ago

                  It wouldn’t be part of the systemic fixes, no, but it would be part of the emotional healing that we all need.

      • LWD@lemm.ee
        173·
        1 month ago

        I’m in the same boat. Mozilla can’t be trusted with donations until they can prove they spend money responsibly. Money, like trust, should not be given by default.

      • lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 month ago

        I’m paying for a VPN on a monthly basis, as well as for cloud storage - I’d pay for Firefox too. However, they didn’t come up with the idea of subscriptions, but damn ads…

        • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
          2·
          1 month ago

          They have subscriptions to finance Firefox, including a VPN - it’s just Mullvad with a different name plus some integrations with the browser, but if you need a VPN and want to help Firefox it’s a good way to do it