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1. eganis+s8[view] [source] 2023-07-25 03:35:49
>>danShu+(OP)
Expected, but meaningless if we can't drive people towards Firefox and away from Chromium products. That's something of a responsibility we all have, especially those of us invested in the safety and security (collectively, trust) of the web.

I haven't seen anything yet on whether Brave will support it, though if I'm understanding correctly, they won't have a choice since they're using Chromium. Hopefully I'm misinformed.

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2. paulry+N8[view] [source] 2023-07-25 03:40:55
>>eganis+s8
Judging by all the hate Mozilla gets around here, it would be nice to at least see some credit given where it is due.

Ultimately I think we must permanently return to browser ballots back by the law, like the IE bundling fallout. Otherwise friction and incentives will continue to entrench one dominant player.

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3. yjftsj+2k[view] [source] 2023-07-25 05:22:34
>>paulry+N8
Mozilla gets hate because they say they're fighting for the user and then fail to live up to that standard. People expect Google to try and screw over users, so when it happens nobody is disappointed. I do agree that this results in oddly skewed reactions, but the emotional side makes sense.
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4. zirak+0q[view] [source] 2023-07-25 06:22:03
>>yjftsj+2k
How do we define "failure"? Let's say we can measure how much Mozilla fights for the user and put it on a scale:

         |--------------------|
    anti-user              pro-user
Where on the scale is "failure"? Let's say Mozilla is on the M, and Google is on the G:

         |----G-------M-------|
    anti-user              pro-user
Is Mozilla failing?

The sentiment I seem to see is that anything short of perfect is failure.

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5. lozeng+Qy[view] [source] 2023-07-25 07:40:16
>>zirak+0q
They take so many active anti user steps.

Pocket, cliq, Push Notifications for Mozilla Blog without user consent, Mr robot, Firefox Suggest etc they are littered with mistakes and scandals and have never improved their governance or process.

I can give them a pass on technical decisions like Thunderbird or breaking extensions but when it's purely commercial it has to be judged differently.

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6. seba_d+qu1[view] [source] 2023-07-25 14:28:47
>>lozeng+Qy
To be honest, everything you listed seems either irrelevant or a small mishap that at worst just leaves some bad taste.
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