It’s conspiratorial that Google gets ad clicks through Firefox, and pays Mozilla some of the money it makes from that?
And I suppose it’s also conspiratorial to claim it’s doing the same for Safari users - instead it’s more likely that it’s paying Apple 20 billion a year to remain out of the clutches of regulators?
Imagine if all the hours spent shitposting on Lemmy was spent on a single distribution.
The ways people enjoy spending their time are not interchangeable. Or in other words: https://fosstodon.org/@bragefuglseth/113183569977642462
I mean, the extension system means we could easily fix it
If that’s the case, then why not do it? Apparently the people who actually worked on X11 had a different idea, and so they decide not to do it themselves - but the code is right there for those who do think that that’s a good approach.
Likewise, there are plenty of definitions of “better” that make Wayland a lot better. It’s just that it’s a lot of work to make something better, especially for some interpretations of “better”.
The authentic French translation of forking.
And where did that Google money come from?
(It’s a rhetorical question of course: it came from Firefox users clicking on ads.)
How do you think Mozilla was funded before Fakespot and Anonym were acquired?
It’s a real shame the process for the previous logo wasn’t followed again. I liked the previous logo, too.
Anyone know what ScotchBonnet is? Something search-related it seems.
Gecko is the main reason Mozilla is important.
I’d say Proton has become Mozilla more than the other way around, now that they’re also a non-profit. Mozilla does have its own set of privacy-related tools (Firefox Relay, Mozilla Monitor, Mozilla VPN, …), but not all of them have been successful, and some have been discontinued (e.g. the password manager). All of those were/are certainly attempts to reduce the dependence on Google money.
Well, there’s a custom app, and their own login and automatic monthly billing. It’ll depend on the person on whether that’s useful, but it’s not next-to-no maintenance. Though for sure way less than maintaining custom VPN infra.
Crypto and NFT scam were a thing long ago.
So was this article :) Not that there ever was a party.
Luckily Firefox remained a fine browser throughout the crypto nonsense, so I’m hoping the same holds true when the next AI winter sets in.
Feb 7, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Updated May 9, 2023 at 6:07 a.m.
This summary seemed pretty good though.
Doing the lord’s work, thank you.
Yeah, I realise a comment like this is mostly unhelpful (switching distros is a pain, of course - even just the hassle of moving over your data), but it does remind me how glad I am that I did it at some point. Painless upgrades are amazing.
(That said, it’s not entirely risk-free; although I never got an unworkable system, at some point upgrades were blocked until I did some manual work. Universal Blue had similar issues.)
StreetComplete, definitely. OrganicMaps is better for navigating. But you can also just try them both out :)
I think “the Fediverse” is generally understood to refer to ActivityPub-based projects, or even more narrowly, “things that can be seen from Mastodon”. At least I understood it as such, even if that’s not technically correct.
Yeah I was just elaborating on your point.