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Everything coming out of them recently, including the mailshots I see and even the onboarding copy, seems to indicate they see themselves as a political advocac
by asystole 3y ago
Everything coming out of them recently, including the mailshots I see and even the onboarding copy, seems to indicate they see themselves as a political advocacy org first and a browser developer second.
- macspoofing 3y ago>they see themselves as a political advocacy org first and a browser developer second. That would be an improvement. Being a browser developer does not factor in anything they focus on.
- ydlr 3y agoThe tragedy of it is that building Firefox is the most impactful political advocacy they do.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoDeveloping and operating open technology is political advocacy. Technology and its implementation is simply the expression of the ideology, rights, etc. Leadership choices, as well as their efficacy and compensation is still an important discussion.
- lupusreal 3y ago> Developing and operating open technology is political advocacy. That's fine, they should leave it at that and do it the best they can because that is presumably their competency. But they can't help themselves and insist on engaging various other political endeavors which they just aren't good at but probably sounds good when they brag about it to their friends at dinner parties. Like operating 'online spaces' for African lesbian women in tech or whatever the heck they're calling it, which amounts to them somehow blowing millions of dollars to host a mastadon instance, which isn't needed by anybody because all the marginalized groups they claim to be serving already have online spaces of their own on Facebook, discord, etc.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoAgreed! This is what governance and oversight is for!
- asystole 3y agoNo, it’s not. Software development is software development. Political advocacy is political advocacy.
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