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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by burnt-resistor on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @08:00PM (#44439060)
Mozilla seems infected by corporate board members who probably have conflicts of interest including investments in Amazon, Google, etc.
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by TylerE on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @09:59PM (#44439614)
Mozilla seems to be infected by upper management that feels a need to justify ever spiraling salaries.
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by ethbr1 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @10:56PM (#44439867)
It's easier to justify a new thing than it is to make an improvement in an existing thing.

Why do you think VPs love new projects / products so much?

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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by bbarnett on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @11:58PM (#44440134)
Are they hiring?
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by quantas on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @03:43AM (#44441119)
Couldn't agree more. After the founder of the company itself Brendan Eich was fired it only went downhill
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by mcpar-land on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @09:53AM (#44443763)
Brendan Eich was fired for opposing gay marriage, then went on to create Brave, which is yet another Chromium wrapper just with bad crypto monetization and other scummy practices.
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by tomstockmail on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:29PM (#44445673)
Couldn't imagine what Mozilla would be like today if he stayed around and tried to integrate crypto. At the end of the day, main post shows Firefox engineering is keeping up with Chrome which is a feat no other browser has accomplished.
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by mcpar-land on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:43PM (#44448612)
For the record I also dislike the top brass at Mozilla for the same reasons I dislike Eich - trendchasing instead of making a good browser. Firefox is succeeding because of the engineers and despite the c-suite.
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by gkbrk on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:46PM (#44448642)
> Firefox is succeeding because of the engineers

By what metric is Firefox succeeding?

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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by BrendanEich on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:09PM (#44486384)
We project Brave MAU (going up) will pass Firefox (going down) this October.
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by BrendanEich on Monday July 14, 2025 @11:44PM (#44567653)
On "trend-chasing", a false charge: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44546212
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by sunaookami on Friday July 04, 2025 @01:58AM (#44461541)
>Brendan Eich was fired for opposing gay marriage

This gets really tiresome to rebuke. He supported a proposition that was supported by the MAJORITY of the citizens at the time and that was already six years old when we became Mozilla CEO. Some people wrote hit pieces even though he even distanced himself from it. He was not fired, he stepped back voluntarily.

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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by BrendanEich on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:17PM (#44486435)
Yes, Mozilla and I agree that I was not fired -- which would have been illegal in California under CA Labor Law 1101/1102.

Why do a relative few on HN insist on this false claim? It seems to make them feel better about Mozilla (one reply nearby in this page says so explicitly). Reaction to a guilty conscience?

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