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Mozilla should be more focused on figuring out how to actually make money and not this sensationalist stuff. Depending on how the Google case lands, they're fin
by Drew_ 1y ago
Mozilla should be more focused on figuring out how to actually make money and not this sensationalist stuff. Depending on how the Google case lands, they're finished.
- __loam 1y agoMeta should be more focused on not being massive ass holes and not this invasive shit. Depending on how their own anti-trust suit lands, public society might decide to break them up out of spite.
- zer0zzz 1y agoYeah that’s not going to happen. They’re going to be building weaponry for the government soon.
- __loam 1y agoIs that why there's an ongoing anti-trust case against them?
- platevoltage 1y agoThere is one reason and one reason alone that this case is still ongoing. Mark's financial contributions, character change, and makeover weren't enough to make nice nice with the man in charge.
- Xunjin 1y agoGoing to be fair, when Mozilla focuses on new products to try to make money, people complain and tell them to focus on the browser because it's bad (it's not).
- serf 1y agono, people tell them to focus on the browser because the majority of features added in the past 15 years are either incredibly flavored (here's your new AI tab!) , or they're profit-seeking motivated (we're proud to present our new collaboration with Pocket (tm) (c), P.S. welcome to your new hompeage with cookies and sponsored assets. ) The major reason Firefox has a large market share is simply because Google is that much more abusive to users -- and that's not a great reason.
- Nextgrid 1y agoNone of those products include "the browser", which is the only thing that keeps Mozilla relevant.
- pier25 1y ago> Depending on how the Google case lands, they're finished. Whiche case? Can you elaborate?
- warkdarrior 1y agohttps://www.theverge.com/23869483/us-v-google-search-antitrust-case-updates https://www.theverge.com/23869483/us-v-google-search-antitru... Google paid others to give preference to their search engine. Among those paid is Mozilla, who may lose this payment from Google if the court decides to block such payments.
- pier25 1y agoThanks for the link. Yeah if Google stops paying FF it's game over for them.
- klabb3 1y ago> Mozilla should Why is HN obsessed with suggesting strategic decisions for this company in particular? It’s like the most popular thing to have an opinion about, and only on HN.
- serf 1y agobecause it represents a paper thin condom that prevents Google from fucking the whole world, and if it gets steered the wrong way we're doomed until the inevitable 1990s style anti-trust suit.
- mmooss 1y agoCriticizing Mozilla in every situation is almost guaranteed. An odd behavior for a community that supports FOSS. Mozilla's credibility is a threat to the powers-that-be in the industry. I wonder if that drives a lot of it: Attacking the messenger is a very popular tactic now. You can see it on Fox, for example. Attacking the messenger changes the topic - it makes the messenger the topic, not the undesired thing - and the messenger often responds by embracing this new topic by defending itself. The undesired thing is forgotten and to the degree it's remembered, the attack is discredited.
- Drew_ 1y agoBecause Mozilla's long term sustainability is good for the internet.