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A comment on Mozilla’s plan to fix internet privacy. Parent comment

Re:Mozilla’s plan to fix internet privacy by dangus on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:45AM (#22298005)
I’m failing to see how Mozilla is being political, and how fighting hate is political. Theoretically, people across the political spectrum should all agree with that.

Hate online is a huge problem, and if Mozilla think they have potential to solve that problem, I’d say they can go for it. It’s their budget, not mine or yours.

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Re:Mozilla’s plan to fix internet privacy by RabbiPires on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:49AM (#22298028)
"Hate" is a loaded term that depends on your interpretation, and can mean a lot of things, most of them political. I won't list them here because it's off-topic on HN.

Mozilla right now should focus their efforts on being profitable (or at least sustainable!) without relying on Google, Baidu and Yandex. Ideological or political pursuits should come later.

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Re:Mozilla’s plan to fix internet privacy by codingmess on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @08:56AM (#22298467)
Referring to this, for example: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxenxx/mozilla-wants-youn...
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Re:Mozilla’s plan to fix internet privacy by Bantros on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:51AM (#22298040)
It isn't, they don't, nor should they bother trying
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Re:Mozilla’s plan to fix internet privacy by luckylion on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @09:46AM (#22298853)
> Hate online is a huge problem, and if Mozilla think they have potential to solve that problem, I’d say they can go for it.

So is climate change. They really should focus on that problem, because it's literally endangering our planet, not just the Internet.

Or they should keep their focus on a more narrow topic that they actually understand and have some success in working on.

I've yet to see mission creep that didn't turn into a problem very quickly.

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