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On the one hand, it would be nice for Mozilla to focus on firefox, but on the other hand, Mozilla screwing around has produced things like Rust, so maybe they h
by pclmulqdq 4y ago
On the one hand, it would be nice for Mozilla to focus on firefox, but on the other hand, Mozilla screwing around has produced things like Rust, so maybe they have earned some credit to screw around if that's what the donors actually want.
- blihp 4y agoTheir 'donor' is Google, their users are us. Without us they have no donor. Rust at least makes some kind of sense because it is a tool they used to build parts of Firefox. Aside from being the new hotness, what exactly about AI makes sense for Mozilla/Firefox to jump into and have anything to offer? The one obvious thing they could do would be to integrate AI capabilities into the browser for the users benefit (i.e. the most valuable thing they could do to contribute to 'trustworthy AI'. Note that this would not require a new foundation/company... just integrating the capability into the product they already have) But of course Mozilla most likely won't do this... they're going to keep taking moonshots they can't afford. I can't say I'll miss them when they're gone.
- noahlevenson 4y ago> Without us they have no donor. Former Mozilla fellow here. I wish I could agree with this sentiment, but it's untrue. Mozilla is a corrupt nonprofit which exists solely to advance the interests of elites. The users don't matter. Within Mozilla there is disdain for the concerns of regular people.
- insanitybit 4y agoI consider Rust and Servo to be exactly the kind of things that they should be working on in order to strengthen their core product.