Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoMozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorshiptheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down116 cross-posted to: wolnyinternet@szmer.info
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minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down11·5 months agoOk it’s getting properly sus now. Mozilla goes into politics way too much
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·5 months agoRead 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.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down15·5 months agoDoesn’t matter. Politics is politics and always ends badly.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·5 months agoHence 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.
minus-squareProgrammingSocks@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·5 months agoEvery 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.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·5 months agoSo you’re defending major companies? Ok. May as well do what Jia Tan did…
minus-squareProgrammingSocks@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoYou know as well as I do that Mozilla isn’t exactly a small community project. This isn’t a surprise to me.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·5 months agoIt 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
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoIt is a hard issue to solve. However, I think Mozilla should ignore Russia.
Ok it’s getting properly sus now. Mozilla goes into politics way too much
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.Doesn’t matter. Politics is politics and always ends badly.
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.
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.
So you’re defending major companies? Ok. May as well do what Jia Tan did…
You know as well as I do that Mozilla isn’t exactly a small community project. This isn’t a surprise to me.
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
It is a hard issue to solve. However, I think Mozilla should ignore Russia.