Natanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Apr 11, 2024

Aaand the #enshittification continues, wheeee~ #mozilla #AI

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Show threadFeohApr 12, 2024

@Natanox At least it's... open source? :)

I certainly don't disagree. I'd love it if they were all Firefox, all the time.

However I also don't know how they're supposed to generate enough $$$$ to keep the lights on while maintaining that laser focus.

Capitalism and free software make for uneasy bedfellows.

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@feoh @Natanox Guess I'll be switching back over to Waterfox again, or probably get LibreWolf or something.

Or if Midori gets better extension support, I'll switch to that! It at least uses Gecko so it breaks the Chrome monopoly!

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Show threadFeohApr 12, 2024
@LambdaCalculus @Natanox Maybe not necessary quite yet? The thing they're flogging is a UI design prototyping tool.
Show threadFeohApr 12, 2024

@LambdaCalculus @Natanox I feel like I need to explain myself just a wee bit.

#Mozilla and #Firefox for all their foibles are at least fighting the good fight.

They send people to the standards bodies. They give voice to our desired for an open web ecosystem that's not totally controlled by profit motive crazed MegaCorps, and they represent a real alternative that's safe and actually a good idea to recommend to anyone, even your grandparents :)

To me, it's super good to keep them honest and call them out when they do things we think are dumb, but it's not clear abandoning them is in our best interests either. At least not yet :)

Show threadstephen m 🍞🌹🇵🇸Apr 12, 2024
@feoh @LambdaCalculus @Natanox I think back to the days I worked for the FSF and was frustrated by the lack actually engaging on means of production. Yes open source is a challenge on its own, but do we treat it like a library and everyone should have access to it? In which case we need to demand the state to maintain that like a public library. Or do we organize democratic decision making into a viable economic approach, coops come to mind...
Show threadstephen m 🍞🌹🇵🇸Apr 12, 2024
@feoh @LambdaCalculus @Natanox ... But instead the option is a middle ground that is both benefit from tax donations from corporations and not really putting any demands on the state at least in the US context which is disappointing cause even a non-profit can support legislation but they chose not to.
Show threadstephen m 🍞🌹🇵🇸Apr 12, 2024
@feoh @LambdaCalculus @Natanox Which in all of this is to say, I would prefer Mozilla to be a member based organization elects leaders regionally etc to put pressure on local municipalities, states, etc..