Seeing Mozilla burn fills my heart with joy. Maybe they will be forced to be an actual software dev company instead of a political activist group. But even in this post they had to shove in 'racism' in the headline.
Their activism has been way worse than fundraising. [0] Is treading a line where I even doubt FF is in the medium/long term even legal to use for people that don't align with their extreme views.
This is quite ironic when they themselves won't StopPrivacyViolationsForProfit (or anti-user behaviour in general).
Really Firefox is developed primarily by paid employees and the organization has fostered extreme political viewpoints from top to bottom. I could do without their partisan political drum-beating but much of their activism is honestly rooted in principles that keep the Internet open and fair, even if as an organization they act hypocritically (ie. by censoring browser add-ons developed by conservatives). My problem with the partisan stuff isn't even that I disagree with it, more that it alienates people (like you) who would likely otherwise agree with the stated mission of the organization but can't support the types of irrelevant virtue signaling they engage in.
As Kvark wrote above [1]:
> Mozilla is not a software company today that tries to be an internet activist. Mozilla is an activist company that also happens to develop software to prove their point. So no, it's not just about the web browser.
Nevertheless you have broken your
> Principle 5: Individuals must have the ability to shape the internet and their own experiences on it.
That principle is in direct contradiction to Mozilla pushing the recent Firefox update on users, that disabled their addons.
This tells me that the whole Manifesto is worthless. How can I trust an entity that has broken one of its core principles?
What I did was to point out what reading that page felt to me, and to point out that Principle 5 has been recently broken by Mozilla. If you have something to say to that, please do, but don't put words in my mouth.
And yet you feel qualified to tell us whether we should or shouldn't be political. When pointed out to that we are a fundamentally political organization you shift the goalposts to webextension support (another tick on the HN mozilla bingo card).
250 people lost their job today. Most of whom worked for Mozilla for political reasons, because they believe in the manifesto. But by all means please tell us why our motivations for working here are wrong.
I guess among the work offers you had when you made your employment choice, Mozilla's was the best. Would you still work at Mozilla if you were getting paid half of your current salary? How about 10%?
And who is this "us" you keep referring to? Have you been elected representative for a group of Mozillians?
Yes you have. You have made the implication that I'm asking you to act according to my wishes/opinions. I can hold an opinion without asking you to act according to my wishes/opinions. I hope you can see the difference. I don't know how to express it so it comes across more clearly.
This is very hard to do without money. Money gives you freedom. If you lack money, other parties can use money, and whatever money can buy, as leverage against you – to stop whatever you are pursuing.