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The best would be a nonprofit company like Mozilla funded by the eu. (With most of the old developers) (Yes I'm a dreamer)

by 0x073 2y ago

aleph_minus_one 2y ago
Tell your friends to use Firefox much more aggressively, and the dream will at least partly come true.
- 0x073 2y ago
  Mozilla is better than Google, but still a bad choice nowadays:/ E.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42191110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42191110
  - metalman 2y ago
    mozilla is just a monster in waiting, horribly invasive software,promises controll and just feeds ads faster than the rest as an alternative console tool,ok it has its place, but for a daily driver I only use it for niche uses where my other browsers dont render certain big tech web sites and no google anything here
    - Moomoomoo309 2y ago
      I think you should review Mozilla's privacy issues and compare them objectively to Chrome's. In comparison to the two, Chrome is more invasive, offers less control, and feeds you more ads. Mozilla is no saint, but I don't think any browser companies are (Brave, Vivaldi have had controversies too).
  - shiroiushi 2y ago
    "bad" is still better than "even worse".
reacharavindh 2y ago
My version of the dream is the EU funding a non-profit organization whose _only_ goal, and mandate is to develop and maintain the open web browser like Firefox in a “user. Privacy first” focus. I is also dream about EU suspending all their “green sustainability” efforts and focus on one thing and do it well. The one thing? Lay new high speed tracks and create a “European Rail” entity that is not merely a composition of national rail organizations. There should be _one_ organization, funded by the EU responsible for high speed tracks between all major cities. Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Frankfurt, Vienna, Zurich, Rome, Prague, Berlin, Warsaw, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm,Helsinki, Oslo - imagine all reachable by high speed train who tickets you could buy from one entity, and runs like clockwork.
- shiroiushi 2y ago
  The US has tried that in several metro areas, and it just doesn't work very well, and that's in a federal country where the bickering owners of these state-run companies are all just "states" and not actual (semi-)sovereign nations. The EU needs to stop trying to make confederation work and just become a single country if it wants to be a real world-class economic power with things like a working continental rail system. To do this, they'll probably need to take some harsh measures, such as kicking out some of the members.
holografix 2y ago
You clearly haven’t depended on services funded by the EU before.

The best would be a nonprofit company like Mozilla funded by the eu. (With most of the old developers) (Yes I'm a dreamer)

by 0x073 2y ago

The best would be a nonprofit company like Mozilla funded by the eu. (With most of the old developers) (Yes I'm a dreamer)

aleph_minus_one 2y ago

Tell your friends to use Firefox much more aggressively, and the dream will at least partly come true.

0x073 2y ago
Mozilla is better than Google, but still a bad choice nowadays:/ E.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42191110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42191110
- metalman 2y ago
  mozilla is just a monster in waiting, horribly invasive software,promises controll and just feeds ads faster than the rest as an alternative console tool,ok it has its place, but for a daily driver I only use it for niche uses where my other browsers dont render certain big tech web sites and no google anything here
  - Moomoomoo309 2y ago
    I think you should review Mozilla's privacy issues and compare them objectively to Chrome's. In comparison to the two, Chrome is more invasive, offers less control, and feeds you more ads. Mozilla is no saint, but I don't think any browser companies are (Brave, Vivaldi have had controversies too).
- shiroiushi 2y ago
  "bad" is still better than "even worse".

reacharavindh 2y ago

My version of the dream is the EU funding a non-profit organization whose _only_ goal, and mandate is to develop and maintain the open web browser like Firefox in a “user. Privacy first” focus. I is also dream about EU suspending all their “green sustainability” efforts and focus on one thing and do it well. The one thing? Lay new high speed tracks and create a “European Rail” entity that is not merely a composition of national rail organizations. There should be _one_ organization, funded by the EU responsible for high speed tracks between all major cities. Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Frankfurt, Vienna, Zurich, Rome, Prague, Berlin, Warsaw, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm,Helsinki, Oslo - imagine all reachable by high speed train who tickets you could buy from one entity, and runs like clockwork.

shiroiushi 2y ago
The US has tried that in several metro areas, and it just doesn't work very well, and that's in a federal country where the bickering owners of these state-run companies are all just "states" and not actual (semi-)sovereign nations. The EU needs to stop trying to make confederation work and just become a single country if it wants to be a real world-class economic power with things like a working continental rail system. To do this, they'll probably need to take some harsh measures, such as kicking out some of the members.

holografix 2y ago

You clearly haven’t depended on services funded by the EU before.