Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December | TechCrunch
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Users will be able to download their data or migrate their account to another Mastodon instance, if they choose.

I am shocked. Shocked! /s

  • Mina@berlin.social
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    9 months ago

    @dantheclamman

    I am definitely starting to hate #Mozilla.

    As a remark: I have always been fine with their deal with Pocket and having Google as their default search engine. In the end, there are bills to be paid.

    Until I learned that e.g. Mozilla Corporation’s CEO is on a multi-million dollar salary, and they’re hiring ai and ad people.

    Not OK for an entity where many highly skilled people code for free.

    It’s not what users want the cash to be spent on.

    Leaving the Fedi is the final drop

  • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
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    9 months ago

    The only thing you need to know about how Lemmings think about politics is that they bash Mozilla more than Google.

  • kbal@fedia.io
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    9 months ago

    Mozilla 2012: We’re winning the browser war and saving the web. You’re welcome.

    Mozilla 2017: Competing with Chrome is hard. What if we break all existing extensions and never let people replace them all?

    Mozilla 2021: Through inclusiveness and the power of positive thinking we will facilitate leadership towards in-depth studies of what we can do to improve social media.

    Mozilla 2024: Running a small mastodon instance is just too hard, we give up.

  • CrypticCoffee@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Does it matter that they don’t run an instance?

    As long as they have accounts and keep them up to date, that is the main thing.

    How many open source projects actually run and moderate instances?

      • CrypticCoffee@lemm.eeEnglish
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        9 months ago

        So how does not running a virtual soapbox that is niche and most do not care about affect the public’s ability to participate in the internet from where they are?

        I’m not sure if you didn’t understand the point or are cherry picking words to satiate your feelings?

  • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I don’t get why, I can’t see this be difficult or costly to run, but then again I have no clue, never ran a Mastodon instance.

    I would assume that it’s not worth the small reach compared to running X / Bluesky / Threads accounts but then again, like I said, the cost must be super small. 🤷