The author may be a right-wing fellow. Nonetheless, the data he exposes are taken from official Mozilla docs.

  • samwise@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    This “report” is exactly what I would expect from Lunduke. It is really sad that this reactionary content comes from someone who I once thought was cool.

    It’s sad. When I discovered the Linux Action Show back in 2006 or 2007, he seemed like a fun and interesting person. But it’s amazing how quickly that perception proved false. And his Twitter feed in 2020 was a dumpster fire.

    Well, simply put : left-leaning politics (though embedded in neoliberal Californian ideals of the internet) are embedded at the core of Mozilla from the start with Mozilla manifesto.

    Which is so fascinating given the involvement of people like Brendan Eich, and also descending from noted Libertarian and capitalist Marc Andreesen

    • Lionir [he/him]@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I mean, the neolib Californian ideals of the internet was anarchist so always anti-gov but not anti-corporate. That’s how you end up with compromise points in the Mozilla manifesto like this:

      Commercial involvement in the development of the internet brings many benefits; a balance between commercial profit and public benefit is critical.

      Principle 9

      Worth mentioning that Eich came from the Netscape days and was highly influential on a technical level.