| 16 Nov 2024 |
 K900 | I love how "build a fucking browser" isn't even an option | 08:57:57 |
 hexa | 
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| hexa | at least they got that part right? | 09:00:47 |
| K900 | There's something very funny about "look how much we care about your privacy now give us your age sex location" | 09:02:24 |
 @aloisw:kde.org | In reply to @k900:0upti.me
I love how "build a fucking browser" isn't even an option "Other (please specify)" | 09:09:27 |
| hexa | yeah, I rambled about guarding webstandards against google | 09:09:50 |
| K900 | I did that and typed in "BUILD A FUCKING BROWSER" | 09:09:58 |
| K900 | I'm sorry to whatever marketing intern has to read this | 09:10:18 |
| K900 | But such is life | 09:10:39 |
| hexa | happens | 09:12:01 |
 vcunat | You first need a nontrivial market share to have a real say in standards. | 09:12:15 |
| hexa | of course | 09:12:45 |
| vcunat | (or at least some other form of influence) | 09:12:48 |
| 17 Nov 2024 |
|  @orzklv:matrix.org joined the room. | 02:27:52 |
| 18 Nov 2024 |
|  @yannis:mozilla.org changed their display name from yannis to yannis|pto_back_nov_26. | 10:40:03 |
 nbp | In reply to @k900:0upti.me
I love how "build a fucking browser" isn't even an option I will note that the foundation never built any browser, only the corporation.
On the other hand I will echo some recent articles titles: “Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division” | 10:53:07 |
| K900 | In reply to @nbp:mozilla.org
I will note that the foundation never built any browser, only the corporation.
On the other hand I will echo some recent articles titles: “Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division” The foundation does own the corporation though, no? | 10:53:43 |
| vcunat | Either way, I get that it's easy for people to conflate their activities, as it's all "Mozilla". | 10:54:47 |
 emily | I think the corporation is maybe meant to be operationally independent or something? | 10:54:49 |
| emily | I don't know, it's confusing. | 10:54:57 |
| nbp | Yes, the foundation own the corporation, but it only decide of the top-level directions, as being part of the board, but not on the product features for example. | 10:57:14 |
| emily | is the corporation or the foundation the one that Google pays? | 10:58:40 |
| nbp | What this survey highlight to me is: “please validate our confirmation biais, please select the A and I options.” | 10:58:43 |
| emily | I suppose the former? | 10:58:46 |
| nbp | Google pays the Corporation, for making room in the browser UI and redirecting people to them. | 10:59:27 |
| nbp | The Foundation uses donation to take away money from the corporation. They cannot withdraw more money from the corporation than they received as donation IIRC. | 11:00:20 |
| nbp | This might be outdated info, and deformed over time, but I recall hearing something along these lines in 2012. | 11:01:55 |
| emily | I sympathize with "it would be nice if they just made a browser" but also it's not clear to me that they have any viable path to sustainable finances if Google ever stops caring so I guess they're doomed to flail for any opportunity. | 11:03:00 |
| K900 | The whole for-profit owned by a non-profit setup makes no sense to me | 11:03:05 |
| K900 | It's so US brained | 11:03:17 |
