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I have no idea how representative my views are, but despite liking the browser, I find Mozilla's current marketing creepy, and it puts me off donating to the co
by strong_as_oak 5y ago
I have no idea how representative my views are, but despite liking the browser, I find Mozilla's current marketing creepy, and it puts me off donating to the company. For one example, they send the same weird Valentine's day marketing email every year (that Cupid and the Grinch thing), which I wouldn't mind too much, except that the way it's written comes across like it's trying to trick the reader into thinking it's relating a recent conversation. I also find the tone of the email offputting; the first time I saw it, it made me feel like I was eavesdropping on someone's in-joke with their friend, while I didn't know anyone involved. This may be too much attention to give to one marketing email, but then they do send the same exchange every year!
Also, personally I would prefer them to focus on privacy and security and avoid anything more partisan; I haven't counted up but it feels like the majority of their campaign emails are about battling 'unsafe' content online, and I have no reason to trust them to be the judges of what qualifies as unsafe. So it puts me off donating any money for the things I do care about, because I can't trust they won't use it for something I completely oppose. I also would expect that a company that starts getting into the business of content moderation is going to find it conflicts with any privacy and security work they're doing, sooner or later.