jwzDec 29, 2023

Remember when Mozilla made a web browser?

Mozilla 2023 Annual Report: CEO pay skyrockets, while Firefox Marketshare nosedives:

Earlier this year, Mozilla laid out their vision for the future of their organization -- and it did not include Firefox....
https://jwz.org/b/ykH2

Remember when Mozilla made a web browser?

Mozilla 2023 Annual Report: CEO pay skyrockets, while Firefox Marketshare nosedives: Earlier this year, Mozilla laid out their vision for the future of their organization -- and it did not include Firefox. The focus for the future of Mozilla -- according to Mozilla -- is primarily based around Artificial Intelligence services. In fact, Mozilla leadership stated, quite plainly, that they ...

Show threadThom, exceedingly pureDec 29, 2023
@jwz Dude, you're linking to known and openly nazi Brian Lunduke. Wtf?
Show threadjz.tuskDec 29, 2023

@thomholwerda @jwz

Yikes. I don't know the guy, but my initial research gives of a strong whiff of grift.

But I wouldn't be surprised if there were problems like this at Mozilla. Would love to see a better source cover this.

Show threadjwzDec 29, 2023
@jztusk @thomholwerda I have no idea who this guy is, but he linked to primary sources and drew the obvious conclusions. If you have dispute about the numbers in the annual report from *Mozilla itself* I'd sure love to hear about that.
Show threadjz.tusk

@jwz @thomholwerda

I've no time to dive deep, but over on this thread

https://mastodon.social/@kotnik/111664836177365056

there's a lot of questioning of how much "no mention of Firefox" in that one document means. "The obvious conclusions" might just be "my prejudices".

Dec 29, 2023 at 8:18pmTusky
Show threadjwzDec 29, 2023
@jztusk If you want to make the claim that the collection of shell companies that all call themselves Mozilla are focused on making the web browser succeed, go for it -- because from all available evidence, that is very much [citation needed].