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Really sad to see Mozilla committed to such a dystopian vision of the future of the web.
"While Firefox remains the core of what we do, we also need to take steps to diversify: investing in privacy-respecting advertising to grow new revenue in the near term; developing trustworthy, open source AI to ensure technical and product relevance in the mid term"
source: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growth-planning-updates/
There is no such thing as privacy-respecting advertising. At least not for any sane definition of "respect"
The arguments are technically nuanced, but I went into it a little a while back: https://mastodon.social/@sarahjamielewis/113199184170538484
Raising money is pointless if doing so compromises the values you claim to stand for.
@sarahjamielewis We need a clean fork of #Firefox without ads, without Google and without collecting any user data.
I would be willing to donate the cost of my internet connection every month.
Who is with me?
We don't need a fork of Firefox, we need a fork of Mozilla the org. Not just a technical project with nice features but an org that
- goes at the W3C table and discusses where the web should go
- lobbies people with a minimum of relevant power (aka not citizens unfortunately) to take privacy and friends into consideration when taking decisions
- advocates for the importance of said privacy, interoperability to the public at large
That's all the things that make Mozilla important. Firefox is a powerful tool to show a path forward where those values are (should be) respected, makes the names stick more easily, gives concrete steps but it is the technical part. We won't have a better future by simply focusing on technical solutions. That shit's political
@sarahjamielewis
@rakoo @exception @sarahjamielewis Perhaps Firefox could follow the path taken by Thunderbird, a different structure with separate funding. I'm currently happy to fund Thunderbird but I don't want to give money to Mozilla as I really don't want anything AI-related, for example.
@rgacogne
I second that opinion, but the structure has to be a non-profit. This is why I refuse to fund Thunderbird.
@rakoo @exception @sarahjamielewis
@x_cli @rgacogne @rakoo @exception @sarahjamielewis The main problem is the way non-profit laws work in the US. For Thunderbird, I can confirm that 100% of the funds go to MZLA. The only downside for donators is it isn't tax deductable. We publish an annual report if you're curious. See https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/10/thunderbird-annual-report-2023-2024/