Mozilla's CEO doubles down on them being an advertising company now.

tl;dr: "LOL get fucked"

They've decided who their customers are, and it's not you, it's people who build and invest in surveillance advertising networks. But in a "respectful" way....
https://jwz.org/b/ykaO

Mozilla's CEO doubles down on them being an advertising company now

tl;dr: "LOL get fucked" They've decided who their customers are, and it's not you, it's people who build and invest in surveillance advertising networks. But in a "respectful" way. "Improving online advertising through product and infrastructure." We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market. Gee, ya think? In parallel to our existing consumer ...

@jwz Does Mozilla technically own Firefox? There's nothing to stop another group from taking over maintenance, or us users from switching where we get it, right?
@14mission Mozilla only fully owns the Firefox trademarks (name, branding, etc). The source code is fair game as long as the MPL is followed to the letter.

@jwz