“Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users to revolt…”

  • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
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    7 months ago

    if we’d all donated even a fraction of what its genuinely worth, they probably wouldn’t have to make these kinds of faustian deals

    That’s wrong. The creation of PPA isn’t about getting paid, it’s about trying to safeguard the privacy of the average (non tech savvy) user. I don’t understand where this suggestion that this is a means for Mozilla to syphon money, comes from.

    • ganymede@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      That’s wrong. The creation of PPA isn’t about getting paid

      ok that’s fair enough, until money or other resources change hands i’m happy to withdraw the view that while firefox *is8 while underfunded by the community, it may not have resulted in this meta collaboration.

      what i’m still not understanding is your claim an average non-adblock running user will be better off?

      i appreciate you’ve stated how the sole purpose of this collaboration is apparently intended by mozilla. yet unlike the current implementation which appears to be opt-out, afaict meta’s particpation here is entirely opt-in isn’t it?

      if they decide they want to have their cake and eat it too (extraordinarily plausible), what is stopping them?