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Those are good points. If FF can diversify the sovereign funds its tied to then it can cancel out some of the problems. I knew where you were coming from re: f

Those are good points. If FF can diversify the sovereign funds its tied to then it can cancel out some of the problems. I knew where you were coming from re: fully free software. My concern was more how its sovereign donors could influence that. I didn't know about Naenara. Checking it out. And yeah I agree about gov't support for journalism, but in the case of NPR (I work for one of their member stations), when large entities like X decide to label them "Government Sponsored" or whatever it indicates that there are some who see a conflict of interest. That could carry over to browsers.

eesmith 2y ago
NPR is government funded in that lots of different governments, including university radio stations, decided to buy their news feed instead of (or in addition to) CBC and/or BBC. If that's a conflict of issue, then having a paltry 40 sovereign funds would also be an issue. It's also blowing smoke, as a single man, Murdoch, owns hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets, but the single owner of an entity which is too small to be considered a DMA gateway doesn't care about the details.