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Mozilla's elimination of its advocacy group -- which worked for the open web against the monopolists and cartels -- is a terrible move, but not totally surprising. I speculate that Google has informed Mozilla that its massive financial subsidy will be dropping or ending.

theverge.com/2024/11/5/2428912…


Mozilla Foundation eliminates its advocacy and global programs divisions

The Mozilla Foundation, which fights for a free and open web, laid off 30 percent of its workforce in late October.
Gaby Del Valle (The Verge)
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Nicole Parsons
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@HistoPol
Almost every mass layoff in tech and finance in last two years is associated with big investment by fossil fuel interests, especially from Saudi Arabia.

The primary excuse is "we're going in a different direction." AI. Cryptocurrency. Blockchain.

All these "innovations" are deeply anti-democracy & linked to opposition to climate action.

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GunChleoc
GunChleoc
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@Npars01 @HistoPol And they're dropping the Virtual 3D thing. Before that it was Cloud & IoT and they dropped FirefoxOS for that.

They should stop wasting resources chasing the latest thing and focus on building and promoting Firefox.

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RunawayDanish
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@Npars01 yo this random comment is fire, I'd super appreciate any citations you have because last month I was struggling to explain how the Saudi's are linked to a lot of major economic issues. The modern information environment is an absolute joke if you're not being meticulous about receipt keeping, anything helps.
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