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Not being able to create a success and instead making personal wealth by siphoning money through someone else's creation while it rots is not a quality I would

Not being able to create a success and instead making personal wealth by siphoning money through someone else's creation while it rots is not a quality I would label as genius.

david422 3y ago
Perhaps the people that keep paying her are the morons then?
- g-b-r 3y ago
  Aren't the people that keep paying her Google?
  - dansiemens 3y ago
    Yep: “Most of the revenue of Mozilla Corporation comes from Google (81% in 2022)” [0] [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation
Dalewyn 3y ago
Look, if I can make seven million god damn greenbacks while claiming to be the leader of the free peoples but actually doing nothing or maybe even something to subvert them, I will call myself a genius.
- moralestapia 3y ago
  Sorry man, but I loathe people who think that way. Particularly since I've ( and many others) found a way to make a living without resorting to that sort of schemes.
  - Dalewyn 3y ago
    To be clear: I don't support nor even agree with what she is doing. She is a key part of the disease Mozilla is suffering from. But with that said, I am also willing to at least respect the fact someone is making an absolute killing of a living for next to nothing. Think about it: $7,000,000.00 for doing next to nothing at bare minimum. Most people would kill for that kind of income to work ratio. Mitchell Baker is a woman who figured out how to game the system she's in and win big (bigly?), I can and will respect that even if I otherwise vehemently detest her. The first step to addressing a problem is figuring out the problem.
    - moralestapia 3y ago
      Hmm, me in particular I'd be extremely pissed (and am) to even know that such a person exists. I'm not the absolute moral authority but I believe a great deal of what's keeping us back from being absolutely great as "humanity" has to do with those parasites and their negative influence.
      - chii 3y ago
        > a great deal of what's keeping us back from being absolutely great as "humanity" has to do with those parasites and their negative influence. that's called the human condition. You would've done the exact same, when put in the same situation in all likelihood. People are inherently greedy, and selfish. There's no changing it, as this is an evolutionary advantage. Those altruists would've died out, since they would've given way to those who are greedier (otherwise, how are they altruists?).
        moralestapia 3y ago
        No, I wouldn't. And I've had the chance several times. Not 7M but still a buttload of cash.
- mistrial9 3y ago
  that is Machiavellian or Ten Rules of Power or whatever; it is not clear that the position is being gamed, but that the results with the current players are certainly out of constructive balance
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
It's all about perspective. If your purpose is to make yourself millions without producing anything beneficial to the world...it's genius.
- chii 3y ago
  > If your purpose is to make yourself millions without producing anything beneficial to the world...it's genius. they produce benefit to those that paid - namely in this case, google.
- timv 3y ago
  The purpose of a system is what it does.

Not being able to create a success and instead making personal wealth by siphoning money through someone else's creation while it rots is not a quality I would label as genius.

david422 3y ago

Perhaps the people that keep paying her are the morons then?

g-b-r 3y ago
Aren't the people that keep paying her Google?
- dansiemens 3y ago
  Yep: “Most of the revenue of Mozilla Corporation comes from Google (81% in 2022)” [0] [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation

Dalewyn 3y ago

Look, if I can make seven million god damn greenbacks while claiming to be the leader of the free peoples but actually doing nothing or maybe even something to subvert them, I will call myself a genius.

moralestapia 3y ago
Sorry man, but I loathe people who think that way. Particularly since I've ( and many others) found a way to make a living without resorting to that sort of schemes.
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  To be clear: I don't support nor even agree with what she is doing. She is a key part of the disease Mozilla is suffering from. But with that said, I am also willing to at least respect the fact someone is making an absolute killing of a living for next to nothing. Think about it: $7,000,000.00 for doing next to nothing at bare minimum. Most people would kill for that kind of income to work ratio. Mitchell Baker is a woman who figured out how to game the system she's in and win big (bigly?), I can and will respect that even if I otherwise vehemently detest her. The first step to addressing a problem is figuring out the problem.
  - moralestapia 3y ago
    Hmm, me in particular I'd be extremely pissed (and am) to even know that such a person exists. I'm not the absolute moral authority but I believe a great deal of what's keeping us back from being absolutely great as "humanity" has to do with those parasites and their negative influence.
    - chii 3y ago
      > a great deal of what's keeping us back from being absolutely great as "humanity" has to do with those parasites and their negative influence. that's called the human condition. You would've done the exact same, when put in the same situation in all likelihood. People are inherently greedy, and selfish. There's no changing it, as this is an evolutionary advantage. Those altruists would've died out, since they would've given way to those who are greedier (otherwise, how are they altruists?).
      - moralestapia 3y ago
        No, I wouldn't. And I've had the chance several times. Not 7M but still a buttload of cash.
mistrial9 3y ago
that is Machiavellian or Ten Rules of Power or whatever; it is not clear that the position is being gamed, but that the results with the current players are certainly out of constructive balance

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago

It's all about perspective. If your purpose is to make yourself millions without producing anything beneficial to the world...it's genius.

chii 3y ago
> If your purpose is to make yourself millions without producing anything beneficial to the world...it's genius. they produce benefit to those that paid - namely in this case, google.
timv 3y ago
The purpose of a system is what it does.