We, the community, really need to make a separate browser project. It’s clear that Mozilla doesn’t care about competing with chrome/chromium. They just want to be in the market to get that sweet google money so that google can’t be sued for being a monopoly by funding a “competitor”.
They spun off the Servo browser project if you want to work on that.
That said browsers are as complex as kernels now a days, it’s crazy how much work is involved in it.
If I were a programmer, maybe. They got my financial support on The Linux Foundation. Feel free to donate :)
Fuck noted racist Bryan Lunduke.
noted racist
How is he a racist? If he’s a noted racist. That must mean there’s a ton of proof you can link to, right.
He announced to be against BLM. He claimed that protesting police brutality against black people equates to racism against whites. There’s tons of that on the internet, you can google for it yourself. Your lack of basic web search skills is not my problem.
He announced to be against BLM.
Will…https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-lives-matter-activists-accuse-executive-stealing-10-million-dono-rcna46481 & https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-67272603.
You’re making the claim. So it’s up you to have the proof and to prove you’re not BSing.
I’m also against BLM, but I agree with BLM that policing needs a lot of reforms. My solutions are just really different from what they propose, such as:
- end qualified immunity - cops that commit crimes should be treated like any other criminal
- increase funding for police - the current pay structure and expectations attract power-hungry people, we should adjust both
- end civil asset forfeiture
- legalize marijuana and decriminalize victimless crimes like drug possession - if there’s no victim, there’s no crime (and you can’t victimize yourself)
- split police into armed and unarmed groups - armed police should not be on the regular police beat, only as backup
And so on.
BLM wants to strip the police of their teeth, I want to put a leash on the police and remove the feral officers.
Maybe that’s different from what Lunduke means, IDK, I don’t follow the guy. But just saying “doesn’t support BLM” is not the same as “is racist.” Some of my best friends are POC (including my wife), so it’s entirely possible to want what’s best for them while disagreeing with BLM.
I’m so out of the loop here. Never heard of him before. A quick web search yielded little. But his seemingly-abandoned Twitter profile is…something. https://nitter.net/bryanlunduke
I used to say controversial things that I don’t really believe to try and get attention. Now I’ve changed. Black Lives Matter. He / Him
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What’s his deal?
Oh he’s very active: conservativenerds.locals.com
He was one of the founding members of Jupiter Broadcasting. Was heavily involved in openSUSE for a long time (maybe even on the board?) and did a lot of Linux journalism. If you’ve ever seen the annual tongue in cheek “Linux sucks” video, that is him.
It’s a huge shame. He’s very charismatic and likeable otherwise, I just wish he also wasn’t carrying around awful opinions about so many other people.
Oh no, he’s conservative. Being a conservative itself is not a bad thing.
I think Mozilla the company needs to be rethought
Yeah, that’s been the case for like 10 years now.
The focus should be on securing independent funding. This means paid services or increased independent donations. Some ideas:
- Mozilla VPN - essentially a wrapper over Mullvad, but the landing page doesn’t give a good reason to choose it over Mullvad (e.g. container tabs); choosing a server per site should be front and center
- email - I know they tried at some point, but they really should integrate with something like ProtonMail (e.g. FF-specific TLD with service through ProtonMail)
- password manager - they have their own solution, but it’s FF-only; perhaps have a cobranded Bitwarden that integrates with other Mozilla products cleanly
- ad blocker - Mozilla should work with major websites to drop ads and let the user choose between privacy-respecting ads (served by Mozilla based on local browsing history) or anonymous payment (Mozilla would host something like GNU Taler, which you’d load through a method of your choosing)
The last I think could be truly disruptive.
Honestly Mozilla could be a hugely profitable company. There is clearly a market for privacy and freedom tech.
Isn’t Firefox that browser that insists on rolling their own UI instead of using native controls on each platform?
I stopped at Lunduke. No thanks.
I think I recognize the name from distant past, but not up to date. He’s problematic?
Seems to be a Qanon guy. Or he was for a time. I’ve not paid attention to him in years.
He also always came off as a grifter in search of a con, so the Qanon shit might have been part of that, but who can ever tell with those people.
