@dantheclamman

I am definitely starting to hate #Mozilla.

As a remark: I have always been fine with their deal with Pocket and having Google as their default search engine. In the end, there are bills to be paid.

Until I learned that e.g. Mozilla Corporation's CEO is on a multi-million dollar salary, and they're hiring ai and ad people.

Not OK for an entity where many highly skilled people code for free.

It's not what users want the cash to be spent on.

Leaving the Fedi is the final drop

as being a prominent and established way of accessing the internet without using a product owned by one of three three tech giants.

No niche browser can play the same role.

To me, hopping onto a running train doesn't seem to be the way to go when it comes to creating and keeping trust:

People, who think that cars are a terrible way of getting people around in cities, don't want another Tesla, they want a good bike.

Here we have a problem, common to many non-profits:

2/3

@mozilla @firefox

@jangdonggun

Of course, it's not official.

I made this poll, as just a normal Fedi user.

It got more attention than I had anticipated, though.

@morrowind

Exactly! Mozilla wants people to know, they don't give a shit.

A few years of party for executives are still possible, and just before Firefox and Thunderbird go into oblivion, quickly into a new management position at an ai company (or whatever may be the hype, then).

Mark my words!

Fake Professionalism!

I don't believe that CEOs, who demand a 7 digit salary, have the ability to understand the soul and heart of a collective of people (in the case of many #FOSS projects: some of the world's most skilled and talented programmers), who donate lots of their time and energy for a project they believe in, and hence lack the credibility and skills necessary for making them thrive in the long term.

Firefox's ever falling market share proves that.

3/3

#RFC

@mozilla @firefox

@everton137

Running a simple Mastodon server is not a big thing.

Setting up a resilient big instance, like Vivaldi does, requires commitment.

@dantheclamman

@Buddahriffic

Yes, It was easier to do truly representative polls, when people loved answering questions and everybody had a landline.

@Buddahriffic

Same!

But isn't it a bit sad, we've all become so paranoic whilst at the same time being total oblivious to sharing lots of data, just because we want to know what the kitten did to the alligator?

@Lettuceeatlettuce

I guess, that is what most people want.

@Eiri

Oh fuck!

I'm way too used to CaMelCase, it seems.

@Sanctus

Killing tabs is mean and cruel!

However, even with 100s of them, you just need to jump into the address bar and type some letters of the tab's address and Firefox will offer you to switch to it.

@interdimensionalmeme

@ajsadauskas

That's actually a problem.

There is no backup for this collective memory outside the servers of this company.

@pluralistic @technology

@CrypticCoffee

I wonder, how increasing CEO pay year by year worked out for them.

Certainly, definitely not in growing the user base, but also not in revenue that would make up it.

@CrypticCoffee

Wasn't by far my only point.

However: Making a commitment and then pulling back, is a statement.

@Dirk

I can only hope, nobody got any money for this.

@pnutzh4x0r

@ChaoticNeutralCzech

Great idea!

Will do so.

@NounsAndWords
At least in Germany, it's about 10%.
@4am

@ChaoticNeutralCzech

WTF!

@_haha_oh_wow_

You are definitely not alone!

@Five

The SEC might also look into the question, whether repeated false claims about Tesla's self-driving capabilities had an impact on the company's share price.

@2ndStar

So ein geiles Projekt von @maxprime !

Und da wirft man Lehrpersonen mangelnden Enthusiasmus vor.

@PoliticallyIncorrect

My all-time favourite is Kubuntu.

Installation and use is as easy as it gets.

@j4k3

@Diabolo96

Firefox usage numbers are low globally, but not everywhere. E.g. in Germany, its market share is still above 10%. This includes many people without any tech background.
@LinkOpensChest_wav

@firefox

Can this be?

The problem disappeared after restarting #Firefox.

@JackbyDev

I'm sorry.

It was certainly never my intention to impose myself like an official channel or something like that.

I still welcome a debate here.

@something_random_tho

Good point.

@something_random_tho

However: Revenue is a good thing. Being trusted by the community is infinitely more valuable.

@CrypticCoffee

You did not read the entire post you first replied to, did you?

@cmeio

Yes and no.

Obviously, the people questioned here, are not representative for the entire FF user community.

However: The Fediverse at large is a community of mostly tech-savvy people, who do care about independence from major corporations.

These are, in fact, also the people who are the core users and developers of FOSS software.

Whilst the exact percentage means nothing, the tendency is so clear that it should, at least, be taken into consideration.

Did you read part 2 & 3?

@levzzz

I know, but these extensions are essential for circumventing censorship.

This is exactly, what I call "bowing to an autocracy".

@tommi

They should use scissors instead of a knife, as a symbol for supporting Russian censorship.

@firefox @mozilla