Post B1RAIBsZ3m5k9fM4PY by Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place
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(DIR) Post #B1RAIA99V8AimX6HzM by Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-12-19T17:07:17Z
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I don't think I'll stop using Firefox anytime soon.Yes, their management are fucking idiots and it's annoying that I'll have to disable new AI features whenever they release them..But the alternative is to use something Chromium-based, which would make Google's domination of web technology absolute - and Google is 100x more evil than Mozilla ever could be.I hope this fucking bubble pops before Mozilla fucks up Firefox so badly that it becomes completely unusable
(DIR) Post #B1RAIBsZ3m5k9fM4PY by Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-12-19T17:09:00Z
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(yes, there are also the soft-forks of Firefox, but I don't think I'd gain much from them - security updates probably arrive a bit later, and apparently AI features still reach their users before they get around to disabling them)
(DIR) Post #B1RAIDAgFuB2A8q3Hs by burgervege@mamot.fr
2025-12-20T09:00:23Z
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@Doomed_Daniel I feel "stop using it" is a pretty individual response to a broad collective problem. There's many way to deal with this without ditching Firefox.For instance, Firefox could be State funded by multiple States around the world, as a sovereign tool against Big Tech.
(DIR) Post #B1RAIEKdwLjxlKVWSG by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2025-12-20T10:37:34Z
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@burgervegeit could be, but is this an actionable advice?What can we - me and you - do to make that happen?@Doomed_Daniel
(DIR) Post #B1RBN9qK9pLTF4EuMS by burgervege@mamot.fr
2025-12-20T10:49:45Z
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@wolf480pl @Doomed_Daniel Unfortunately, not everything is actionable by anyone, with a short term quick win. For an issue like this, you need mid- to long term lobbying.As unpleasant as it is to hear it, some systems are *built* so individual action won't affect them. Mozilla knows their core users are trapped with a them as lesser evil. That's why they only do the bare minimum for them.
(DIR) Post #B1RBgDfCB2lcaq7i7M by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2025-12-20T10:53:13Z
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@burgervegeMutually Assured Destruction is a thing.I still think it'd be more realistic to organize a "no Firefox day" where people coordinate to not use any Gecko-based browser for a day, to signal to Mozilla than we can harm them even if we harm ourselves as wellThan it would be to convince governments to fund a web browser.@Doomed_Daniel
(DIR) Post #B1RD1rBkWEdxDIEQDY by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
2025-12-20T11:08:20Z
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@burgervegeBut also, let's say we do want to go the lobbying path.Where do we start?Make a poll on fedi to judge how many people support the cause?Make a list of arguments how a govt would benefit from funding a browser / how Google is a threat?Make a 30min YouTube video about it?Tell people to call their MEPs?Raise money to hire a lobbyist?File an European Citizens' Initiative?@Doomed_Daniel
(DIR) Post #B1RbGQm5fkub0JT1IO by burgervege@mamot.fr
2025-12-20T15:39:51Z
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@wolf480pl @Doomed_Daniel We might do all of the above actually. But lobbying 101 is picturing what we want (e.g a sustainably funded Firefox that hupolds its values), then figuring how to make this happen.Some people expect way to much from Firefox, without acknowledging what would need to change in *their* behaviour for their perfect-Firefox to happen. This has been said before : FF users rant, but none of them want to pay actual money so FF is sustainably funded.
(DIR) Post #B1SQE7CSZiMBNSSE8O by mitchconner@clubcyberia.co
2025-12-21T01:10:54.526264Z
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@Doomed_Daniel >implying that the dollars that pay for Firefox and Chrome don't come from the same bank account
(DIR) Post #B1SQIYL9btiAi3dYMi by mitchconner@clubcyberia.co
2025-12-21T01:11:40.868372Z
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@Doomed_Daniel If people like you are that concerned about it, go do a crowd funding campaign or something