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Re:How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news... by Fnoord on Saturday June 16, 2018 @05:32PM (#17329556)
If people (and, organizations) are not allowed to learn from their mistakes Big Brother is an even more scary thing for our youth than it already is.
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Re:How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news... by stefan_ on Saturday June 16, 2018 @06:10PM (#17329741)
But they don't learn. They keep running head-first into these obvious blunders. Then they write a contrite sounding blog post, change nothing, and do it again a year later.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15421708

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15931730

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9876016

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12441519

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Re:How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news... by Fnoord on Saturday June 16, 2018 @06:32PM (#17329839)
Yes, Mozilla made mistakes (I think you mentioned the biggest ones), but they also did things right. Every of these mistakes was solved. Firefox OS was solved as well; it got us Servo/Quantum. The question is do you forgive their mistakes, or what is your alternative? The most popular browser, Google Chrome, is still worse when it comes to privacy.
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