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So isn't this a good thing? The comments on here are more overwrought than rational and disinterested...

• NoboruWataya 2y ago
  I honestly don't understand the insane levels of hate that Mozilla gets on HN and certain other corners of the internet. More than the most evil corporations on earth. I can only assume some of it is politically driven. Firefox and Thunderbird are two of the last bastions of functional, accessible FOSS software in their respective spaces. The software landscape would be a lot more bleak without them. It's important to hold Mozilla to account given their role (and this TOS roll-out was clearly a screw-up whatever way you look at it) but the amount of people jumping in saying that they are irredeemable now, that we must now stop using their software even if they backtrack on this, is counterproductive. And honestly I suspect a lot of the people saying that have also been saying it for years before any of this happened.
  • dwoldrich 2y ago
    Mozilla's move synergizes with the surveillance security state that the previous admins were trying to fortify here. I understand Mozilla Corporation has to sell out to continue receiving funding, I just choose not to participate. Everything dies.