▲ 53 ▼ Mozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorship (theintercept.com) submitted 2 years ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (3 children) Ok it's getting properly sus now. Mozilla goes into politics way too much permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) Read the article. They didn't "get into" anything. They got told to take five add-ons down or face the wrath of a regime with a close relationship with defenestration, which they did only for Russians. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Doesn't matter. Politics is politics and always ends badly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago Hence why they were forced to ultimately remove the requested add-ons. Doesn't make Mozilla somehow bad because they chose not to die on this hill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Every major company does this, it just doesn't make headlines. Plus I'm sure they know you can still install it outside of the store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -12 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you're defending major companies? Ok. May as well do what Jia Tan did... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You know as well as I do that Mozilla isn't exactly a small community project. This isn't a surprise to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It isn't much of a surprise to me either. I heard of them jumping into politics and misusing donations in the past. But it doesn't mean they're good permalink fedilink source parent [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip [S] 6 points 2 years ago It is a hard issue to solve. However, I think Mozilla should ignore Russia. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) Read the article. They didn't "get into" anything. They got told to take five add-ons down or face the wrath of a regime with a close relationship with defenestration, which they did only for Russians. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Doesn't matter. Politics is politics and always ends badly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago Hence why they were forced to ultimately remove the requested add-ons. Doesn't make Mozilla somehow bad because they chose not to die on this hill. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Doesn't matter. Politics is politics and always ends badly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago Hence why they were forced to ultimately remove the requested add-ons. Doesn't make Mozilla somehow bad because they chose not to die on this hill. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago Hence why they were forced to ultimately remove the requested add-ons. Doesn't make Mozilla somehow bad because they chose not to die on this hill. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Every major company does this, it just doesn't make headlines. Plus I'm sure they know you can still install it outside of the store. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -12 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you're defending major companies? Ok. May as well do what Jia Tan did... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You know as well as I do that Mozilla isn't exactly a small community project. This isn't a surprise to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It isn't much of a surprise to me either. I heard of them jumping into politics and misusing donations in the past. But it doesn't mean they're good permalink fedilink source parent
[+] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -12 points 2 years ago (1 child) So you're defending major companies? Ok. May as well do what Jia Tan did... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You know as well as I do that Mozilla isn't exactly a small community project. This isn't a surprise to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It isn't much of a surprise to me either. I heard of them jumping into politics and misusing donations in the past. But it doesn't mean they're good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You know as well as I do that Mozilla isn't exactly a small community project. This isn't a surprise to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It isn't much of a surprise to me either. I heard of them jumping into politics and misusing donations in the past. But it doesn't mean they're good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago It isn't much of a surprise to me either. I heard of them jumping into politics and misusing donations in the past. But it doesn't mean they're good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip [S] 6 points 2 years ago It is a hard issue to solve. However, I think Mozilla should ignore Russia. permalink fedilink source parent