Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by tedunangst on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:37PM
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Can you ask your wife or sister to translate that language to language that the rest of us will understand? What are they saying?
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by NikolaNovak on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:10PM
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I mean sure, or I can do a decent job myself ; are you asking to make a point, or a genuine request?
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by tedunangst on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:28PM
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I would like to know more about what "Color can change culture. The latest colorways celebrates voices making the world a better place." means.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by shrimp_emoji on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:57PM
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It's alluding to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_psychology
For example, how https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker-Miller_pink is used in prisons to foster a less violent culture among the prisoners.
"voices making the world a better place" is referring to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by tedunangst on Thursday May 25, 2023 @10:38PM
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I think it would have been better if they simply said "Firefox is now pink to make you a nicer person" so that more people could understand.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by dingledork69 on Friday May 26, 2023 @12:09PM
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So they're conducting psy-ops on their users to manipulate them into behaving in a way that Mozilla decided is best? I'm a fan of Firefox, but that's bizarre.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by throwawaylinux on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:59PM
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What the words mean is that you can feel good about yourself and believe that you are "standing with" the oppressed flavor of the month, "resisting" whatever is to be resisted today, and generally be an "ally" by using the products and services of corporations that say these words.
It's like landing at Normandy, but from the comfort of your living room.
Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr...
by dingledork69 on Friday May 26, 2023 @12:08PM
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How is that related to a web browser?