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Mozilla & Firefox stop trying to be a god-damned social movement. Just be a fucking browser.
by bhhaskin 4y ago
Mozilla & Firefox stop trying to be a god-damned social movement. Just be a fucking browser.
- nnopepe 4y ago
- authpor 4y agobut that was the plan... part of the great shift from freedom in software, to open source code. "is mozilla about open software? or was it about that old RMS (yuck) what was it? looked like a joke... gnu is not gnu?? wut" /angry-snark just trying to vent some frustration... edit: I actually believe that software should guarantee freedom, but I've understood that gnu's play failed, copyright is not the side of freedom of individuals, but on the side of freedom for corporations-as-individuals. my own ignorant opinion (because I'm just guessing) is taboo https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33248402 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33248402
- cptskippy 4y agoWhy do people get so worked up about messaging that isn't targeted at them? Mozilla is trying to gain broad appeal beyond mom's basement. There's a certain group of people that this message resonates with.
- viridian 4y agoClearly not, based on browser trends over time. The real problem is that they aren't even able to keep the low hanging fruit (i.e. "Mom's basement" dwellers), let alone whoever this other audience is.
- jacooper 4y agoAnd its failing at both.
- soundnote 4y agoThat group of people isn't terribly large. It's mostly terminally online wokelets, who are loud, but not a terribly large population.
- Fervicus 4y agoEverything is a social movement these days. TV Shows, movies, games, apps, social media, news, ads. Can't even get a cup of coffee without getting some social uplifting messaging shoved down my throat.