We need to talk about the Firefox situation
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Mozilla announced a change to Firefox this week and people overreacted. So I made a video about exactly why this change means nothing and why these emotions are misplaced. Sit back and relax my nea...
  • renegadesporkAEnglish
    122·
    4 months ago

    I agree that the majority of the backlash is overblown, and mostly the result of unclear messaging. However, it’s important that Mozilla is held to a standard. They have presented themselves as a privacy-respecting alternative, and when they do things that sow distrust, it undermines their mission.

    They’re one of the few nonprofit organizations that can reasonably compete with the other major players in the browser space, and I hope they can continue to exist while keeping their integrity intact. It seems that task is proving extremely difficult in the current industry.

  • malm@lemmy.mlSvenska
    2·
    4 months ago

    It’ll be really interesting following this moving forward to see what’s going to happen.

    • renegadesporkAEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      Don’t bother commenting if you’re not even going to watch more than 10% of the video. You’re right that he has some bias, but he is aware of Mozilla’s flaws and presents some good points.