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Generally agreed, although I think that only really applies to control at the social-network level, not to control exerted via e.g. Chrome or DNS or your ISP.
by mrec 6y ago
Generally agreed, although I think that only really applies to control at the social-network level, not to control exerted via e.g. Chrome or DNS or your ISP.
This feels like the start of a very long road.
- convery 6y agoDidn't Mozilla recently-ish put out a statement about possibly having a black-list of sorts to remove bad sites / "think of the children"? On mobile so can't search for it but surely someone here remembers the link.
- mrec 6y agoYou're probably thinking of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25690941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25690941 The statement was vague and ambiguous and touched a lot of raw nerves, but coming as it did on the heels of major layoffs at Mozilla it felt a bit like Mitchell Baker pulling a "roll hard left and die".
- d3nj4l 6y agoDon’t spread FUD. The statement you’re referring to had nothing to do with blacklisting sites.