Re:Google had a plan called “Project NERA” to turn the web i...
by grey_earthling on Sunday October 24, 2021 @08:15AM
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The open source code is only useful when paired with a proprietary network service.
When Mozilla bought Pocket, there already existed a competing open source self-hostable network service, Wallabag. Pocket is to Wallabag as Twitter is to Mastodon.
My complaint was not that the code in Firefox was proprietary, but that it integrated with (and promoted) a proprietary network service, while there was a viable open source competitor.
At the time, Mozilla's mission included the aim “to promote choice and innovation on the internet”, which this integration seemed to go against.
When Mozilla bought Pocket, there already existed a competing open source self-hostable network service, Wallabag. Pocket is to Wallabag as Twitter is to Mastodon.
My complaint was not that the code in Firefox was proprietary, but that it integrated with (and promoted) a proprietary network service, while there was a viable open source competitor.
At the time, Mozilla's mission included the aim “to promote choice and innovation on the internet”, which this integration seemed to go against.