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> Mozilla should Why is HN obsessed with suggesting strategic decisions for this company in particular? It’s like the most popular thing to have an opinion abo

• serf 1y ago
  because it represents a paper thin condom that prevents Google from fucking the whole world, and if it gets steered the wrong way we're doomed until the inevitable 1990s style anti-trust suit.
• mmooss 1y ago
  Criticizing Mozilla in every situation is almost guaranteed. An odd behavior for a community that supports FOSS. Mozilla's credibility is a threat to the powers-that-be in the industry. I wonder if that drives a lot of it: Attacking the messenger is a very popular tactic now. You can see it on Fox, for example. Attacking the messenger changes the topic - it makes the messenger the topic, not the undesired thing - and the messenger often responds by embracing this new topic by defending itself. The undesired thing is forgotten and to the degree it's remembered, the attack is discredited.
• Drew_ 1y ago
  Because Mozilla's long term sustainability is good for the internet.