Mozilla insist that people trust them. I assume they have insight and metrics that reinforce that view.

Perhaps I am getting old and this truly is the only path forward to maintain an independent browser.

I continue to feel that this is a terrible idea that has likely irrevocable jeopardized the future of firefox and, by extension, the open web.

sigh...

@mozilla your future isn't AI. you're not trying for VC money, are you? if not, no reason to drink the toxic AI kool-aid. please stop.

go back to your roots. a safe, reliable browser, where safe includes privacy proctection and doesn't include hallucinations.

@paul_ipv6 @mozilla

It looks like they're so dependent on donations from big tech, that they say stuff to please their big tech donors.

It's a textbook example of how even non-profits can be captured if they are too dependent on corporate donations.

@FediThing @mozilla

so many of us have said this for years but we really need a better model for funding FOSS than crumbs dropped from Big Tech with massive strings attached.

@paul_ipv6
Governments ought to be funding FOSS more, it's essential infrastructure.

This could even be classified as a national security issue. Proprietary software can be withheld or altered in dangerous ways, FOSS cannot.

(e.g. Trump's government has openly said it might withhold software updates for its planes if countries that have bought these planes don't comply with Trump.)