SeirdySeirdy@pleroma.envs.net
Oct 26, 2026, 2:25 PM@david_chisnall you have described the norm for smaller volunteer FOSS projects but it’s perfectly normal to see larger investor-backed FOSS projects that lock you into an ecosystem.
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Oct 26, 2026, 2:40 PM@Seirdy But the Mozilla Foundation is not that. It is a non-profit with a charter to promote the open web. The fact that it keeps funding work that is directly contrary to that objective is what makes people sad.
2xfoRnDanger@infosec.exchangeOct 26, 2026, 3:47 PM@david_chisnall
At this point i feel like one must be willful not to admit that Google is invested in Mozilla, and Mozilla apparently has no plans to change that because the people who decide this are paid with Google money
@Seirdy
Daniel Schildtautiomaa@mementomori.socialOct 26, 2026, 4:16 PM@RnDanger Google heavily reduced funding of Mozilla, so now Mozilla is increasingly reliant on the GenAI hype money. That is the main reason for the built-in LLM integrations in the Firefox web browser, to keep their corporate funders happy. Mozilla (mostly) operates similarly as any for-profit tech company, according to their own management (in public presentations on how it operates).
- 2xfoRnDanger@infosec.exchangeOct 26, 2026, 7:04 PM
@autiomaa
I don't think Google reducing its funding of Mozilla was a choice either of them wanted to make, so I'm glad regulators did -something- here. I do wish the specific carve out for search bar default sponsorships would have embarrassed Mozilla leadership into hiding though
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