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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I keep hearing a lot of negative comments about Mozilla lately. I’m wondering if this move is more in line with then just turning into another google rather than disrupting the marketplace.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Google only checked out and cashed in after getting a monopoly. Mozilla let themselves fade into irrelevance.

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

yeah, might seem good to have yet another choice, but it's an illusion

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If they're user funded, their incentives are fundamentally different from Google's. Even thinking as a business, it makes no sense to enshittify the way Google does. It's a different choice, even if it's not the choice you wanted.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

different, yes. but by how much and will it be different in ways that truly matter

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

yes but this takes time. its great to have alternatives in the meantime.