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Mozilla also wants to deplatform/ban anyone they disagree with politically, which is the entire opposite of "your web the way you like it".



You're being down voted, but I must say this is one of the things that has been most slowly driving me away from Mozilla. They are not only developing a browser, but they also have an economical and political agenda. That's okay if you agree with them, but it just feels so wrong that when I'm using their browser or donate to the Mozilla foundation I'm in some ways supporting this.

If you're reading this and you're not aware what we're talking about check out their blog post from last year [0].

Generally free software is already pretty political, just take a look at the FSF, but Mozilla takes this to the next level, and makes it even worse by having this confusing corporation/foundation setup where you are kind of deceived of donating for the foundation to help develop Firefox (their only important product) when that money can never (legally) be used for that purpose.

It just doesn't feel genuine. I am back to using Firefox though because Blink being the only browser engine is a monopolistic nightmare waiting to happen (in fact it already is, any web spec is just a suggestion, the true spec is what Google decides to do with their browser).

PS: I should also put a disclaimer that I'm not American, do not live in the USA, and do not care much about what happens there, and that's kind of what bothers me so much, not so much the political-alignment of Mozilla itself. Although I do think that de-platforming is enough, and I'm not really a fan of "factual voices", being someone that lives in a third world country which has already taken this path, where both extreme right and left claim to be the holders of the absolute truth.

[0]: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/we-need-more-...




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