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Re:Mozilla Thunderbolt by PaulHoule on Thursday April 16, 2026 @01:31PM (#47796752)
The EU says it cares about privacy. although it's actions have normalized enshittification; the EU could fully fund Firefox or a Firefox fork or another browser in a second and stop all the trackers right in their tracks.
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Re:Mozilla Thunderbolt by throwaway290 on Thursday April 16, 2026 @01:55PM (#47797091)
It's American company... unlikely.
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Re:Mozilla Thunderbolt by PaulHoule on Thursday April 16, 2026 @02:04PM (#47797226)
Then fork it.

Besides, the one thing Mozilla could do to be relevant to 99.9% of web users is to move somewhere other San Francisco and turn their office their into a homeless shelter. They should go to Dublin or Frankfurt or Barcelona, anywhere.

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Re:Mozilla Thunderbolt by drzaiusx11 on Saturday April 18, 2026 @11:13AM (#47816534)
Monetary contributions via government grants have happened in the past. Iirc that's how VLC got their start.
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