Comment on Google's slow Chrome Extension reforms anger developers

• CgH10N4Co2@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Mozilla is not part of the advertising industry…

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    False.

    • theregister.com/…/mozilla_buys_anonym_betting_pri…
    • blog.mozilla.org/…/mozilla-anonym-raising-the-bar…

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• Feyd@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As if these are all equally deep in advertising with the same motivations and history

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not a comparison of how deep each of them are. It’s simple fact that they all are. Even defunct one like Internet Explorer or Edge were part of the same industry. It’s a pattern, not a coincidence.

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    • Feyd@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mozilla making the judgment that it may be more effective to attempt to push advertising tech towards more privacy friendly technology (i don’t agree with them but I can understand the thought process) and Google being an evil advertising empire are not even remotely the same thing.

      While you’re technically correct, this false equivalence you’re trying to draw is just absurd.

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    • kitnaht@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They all are NOT. Mozilla is not part of “the advertising industry”.

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      • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ignoring the fact they are literally part of the industry.

        • theregister.com/…/mozilla_buys_anonym_betting_pri…
        • blog.mozilla.org/…/mozilla-anonym-raising-the-bar…

        They also rely on that industry for keeping their lights on.

        Approximately 85% and 81% of Mozilla’s revenues from customers with contracts were derived from one customer for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Receivables from that one customer represented 70% and 64% of the December 31, 2023 and 2022 outstanding receivables, respectively.

        …mozilla.net/…/mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-short-12…

        That customer is Google making Google search the default on Firefox.

        They also keep hiring useless venture capital CEOs and keep increasing their pay, while firing workers at the same time.

        • 2020 - 2,689,800 - assets.mozilla.net/…/mozilla-2020-form-990.pdf
        • 2021 - 5,591,406 - …mozilla.net/…/mozilla-fdn-990-ty21-public-disclo…
        • 2022 - 6,903,089 - …mozilla.net/…/mozilla-fdn-990-ty22-public-disclo…
        • techcrunch.com/…/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-s…

        Nobody is telling you to stop using Firefox, but pretending that Mozilla is some kind of savior saint is just false.

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