FWIW no donation money to the Mozilla org goes to Firefox development. It goes to everything else, including the AI bro projects and AI company handouts.
i know; i originally donated to mozilla specifically because i liked their goal of turning a page against the hate and bigotry on the internet, especially with mozilla.social but they got rid of that with their latest ceos.
they don't understand that i WANT a progressive company working to build a non ai browser AND make the internet community a better place.
Very much agreed. I don't think Firefox should take some high moral stance and reject Google money, but they need to develop alternative ways of getting funded, and cut irrelevant spending! That way they can actually start loosening Google's stranglehold on them
I wish they could just find a neutral wealthy benefactor so they wouldn't have to worry about pleasing people and just focus on making a better browser for all
Firefox won't die because its donors (Google and corporate friends) won't let it... But if it does, it'll be Google's call. Nothing you or I can do about it.
Firefox is big enough that there might be enough traction to create a proper fork, if Firefox ever goes down. Though, technically the same is also true for Chrome, since the system behind it is also open source. It's just a lot of work. There's also still Webkit around. That one is often used for web-tech apps for desktop & of course Apple, so i wonder if it's feasible to make a real browser out of that. Midori comes to mind, idk if they still use it.
Yeah the only reason a company is not interested in fascism is because they're jelly they're not included in the money grift. And then they only desperately want to be included.
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 30 pts · 30d
Read:
Carighan@piefed.world · 14 pts · 29d
Yep. "We value morals, but we value money from the US gov and the MAGA crowd the most 👉👈"
XLE@piefed.social · 27 pts · 29d
Hey Firefox how'd you get that blue checkmark?
Oh.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 29d
not shocking considering the new ceo is an ai bro
also not shocking>? this
XLE@piefed.social · 14 pts · 29d
FWIW no donation money to the Mozilla org goes to Firefox development. It goes to everything else, including the AI bro projects and AI company handouts.
https://grantedai.com/news/mozilla-1-million-democracy-ai-cohort-march-deadline
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 29d
i know; i originally donated to mozilla specifically because i liked their goal of turning a page against the hate and bigotry on the internet, especially with mozilla.social but they got rid of that with their latest ceos.
they don't understand that i WANT a progressive company working to build a non ai browser AND make the internet community a better place.
LiamTheBox@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 29d
That honestly suck considering they are Google's pet with the search engine agreement.
XLE@piefed.social · 1 pts · 29d
Very much agreed. I don't think Firefox should take some high moral stance and reject Google money, but they need to develop alternative ways of getting funded, and cut irrelevant spending! That way they can actually start loosening Google's stranglehold on them
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 29d
translation: it is more socially acceptable to be fash now, so we’re courting the fash now
XLE@piefed.social · 5 pts · 29d
This is the scummy part! Their "reintroduction" reads like a dogwhistle.
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 30d
I wish they could just find a neutral wealthy benefactor so they wouldn't have to worry about pleasing people and just focus on making a better browser for all
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 29d
that wouldn't matter since they have an ai bro as ceo who loves everything about ai.
joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 29d
:( why does everything have to go rotten, been using firefox since it was firebird, hate to let it go but that is bad news
eleijeep@piefed.social · 5 pts · 29d
I'm using a fork, so fuck you very much.
kungfuratte@feddit.org · 4 pts · 29d
What's a good Firefox alternative for Android?
catdog@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 29d
Fennec
xxxb@feddit.org · 2 pts · 29d
well I do aggree, but it is a soft fork of Firefox so if Firefox dies then fennec dies as well.
XLE@piefed.social · 3 pts · 29d
Firefox won't die because its donors (Google and corporate friends) won't let it... But if it does, it'll be Google's call. Nothing you or I can do about it.
xxxb@feddit.org · 1 pts · 28d
well we could fork it and continue developing it. But I think neither of us want tondo that.
BlindPenguin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 29d
Firefox is big enough that there might be enough traction to create a proper fork, if Firefox ever goes down. Though, technically the same is also true for Chrome, since the system behind it is also open source. It's just a lot of work. There's also still Webkit around. That one is often used for web-tech apps for desktop & of course Apple, so i wonder if it's feasible to make a real browser out of that. Midori comes to mind, idk if they still use it.
brianpeiris@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 29d
Had to check that it's real: https://xcancel.com/firefox/status/2079317211152564724
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 3 pts · 29d
Firefox is fashtech now?
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 29d
all corporations either are or want to be.
Carighan@piefed.world · 3 pts · 29d
Yeah the only reason a company is not interested in fascism is because they're jelly they're not included in the money grift. And then they only desperately want to be included.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 1 pts · 29d
ALL
cavitationfetishist2@quokk.au · 1 pts · 29d
Yep!
brianpeiris@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 29d
https://alternativeto.net/software/firefox/
eleitl@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 29d
Last time I looked it was still AS talking BGP.
Mensh123@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
Source: Mozilla Manifesto
WhiteRice@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 30d
The internet is dead, long live the internet!