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Celebrating #Firefox’s 20th birthday! 😍 (media.pan.rent)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Celebrating #Firefox’s 20th birthday! 😍

Now at #MozFest ❤️🚀

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[+] [email protected] -18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

@tommi

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

@firefox @mozilla

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That really hurts.

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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[–] levzzz 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's the choice of either blocking some extension(s) or getting their whole domains blocked in russia, so mozilla chose the first

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

This decision has been reverted.

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[+] [email protected] -6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

@levzzz

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

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

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[–] ripcord 9 points 5 months ago

K, that's why they undid the the temporary change.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@mina @levzzz https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/06/13/mozilla-reinstates-russians-access-to-firefox-add-ons-banned-by-federal-censor

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

@martinv

This is very good news!

I can continue to use #Firefox!

@levzzz

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I am not going to support the foundation.

In 2021, Mozilla Corporation generated $441 million in royalties, which represented almost 89% of its income.

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As of 2021, Mozilla (including the Foundation and the wholly owned For-Profit Corporations), had total assets worth over $1.1 Billion USD [...]

Source (inb4 "bUt LunDukE iS bAd" - his personal and political views have nothing to do with his research analysis work in this article)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

https://www.osnews.com/story/139943/exclusive-mozilla-reverses-course-re-lists-extensions-it-removed-in-russia/

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