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I think we completely agree. It's just that I have no faith in that the people in charge are in any shape or form involved in the actual development process of

• henriquez 6y ago
  I used to work next door to Mozilla's SF HQ during the same time they ousted Brandon Eich for wrongthink. That whole fiasco was borne of the political biases of the rank-and-file employees, many of whom I've encountered throughout my career. I don't think it's a safe assumption that "the leadership team is compromised" and all would be well by cutting the head off the snake or whatever analogy. Really Firefox is developed primarily by paid employees and the organization has fostered extreme political viewpoints from top to bottom. I could do without their partisan political drum-beating but much of their activism is honestly rooted in principles that keep the Internet open and fair, even if as an organization they act hypocritically (ie. by censoring browser add-ons developed by conservatives). My problem with the partisan stuff isn't even that I disagree with it, more that it alienates people (like you) who would likely otherwise agree with the stated mission of the organization but can't support the types of irrelevant virtue signaling they engage in.
• dependenttypes 6y ago
  > #StopHateForProfit This is quite ironic when they themselves won't StopPrivacyViolationsForProfit (or anti-user behaviour in general).