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Mozilla Senior Director of Content explained why Mozilla has taken an interest in the fediverse and Mastodon (techcrunch.com)
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"the company looked at the history of social media over the past decade and didn’t like what it saw.... existing companies that are only model motivated by profit and just insane user growth, and are willing to tolerate and amplify really toxic content because it looks like engagement... "

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[–] art 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The solution for capitalism-out-of-control is not more capitalism. The less big money players in the fediverse the better.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mozilla is a non profit. The most "capitalist" they get is the Mozilla Corp a company owned by the foundation which is basically just for tax purposes. Having a big player in the fediverse helps.

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

They are funded by Google. I much prefer the "some random guys or whoever will fork their code" model of software for this sort of thing.

[–] Kushan 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google pays them to be the default search engine, they're not funded by Google.

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

Isn't that their main source of revenue?

[–] Kushan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The rights to search sure are, but it's more like Google happens to be the one paying it right now. It could be Microsoft or Yahoo or anyone.

Mozilla definitely needs to diversity better here, but the implication that they're "funded by google" is completely misleading.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The rights to search sure are, but it’s more like Google happens to be the one paying it right now. It could be Microsoft or Yahoo or anyone.

I don't buy that what they are paid reflects the value of their search rights. Google has antitrust interest in the continued existence of Firefox, that's why they would pay them, doesn't matter what they say it's for.

[–] Fungah 1 points 1 year ago

Amen. Everything google touches turns to shit. Everything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What we need is a bunch of small groups and companies. It isn't a problem if there isn't a giant centralization of power.

You don't see Salsa companies ruining tomatoes