• katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    mozilla and firefox need to learn more away from ai and more towards ethical not for profit governance. be the opposite of big tech and stand for the internet as a public utility and force or good and decency. instead of going ai bro, y’all need to stand up against racism and discrimination while pushing internet for everybody, free of profits.

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      stand up against racism and discrimination

      What does this mean for a browser company? I understand this being an important company value, but I don’t want them filtering the internet or anything. Their primary goal should be to foster a privacy respecting web and a high performance, standards based browser.

      I don’t think eliminating profit from the web should be a goal. I don’t care if websites make money, I just care they don’t profit from my data without me agreeing to it explicitly.

      I think Firefox needs to become financially independent, and that means finding a privacy respecting business model. My personal preference is a micro payment system where I can pay websites for content in exchange for no ads. That provides value to me and websites that I’d otherwise block ads on.

      If AI is part of that, sure, just make it opt-in and very obvious when it’s working.

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      y’all need to stand up against racism and discrimination

      Felt kind of out of nowhere. How does a web browser stand up to racism?

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        i was talking about both mozilla and firefox… and the internet has plenty to do with that as a communication device for good.

        instead of using the internet for war and hate, use it for unity and openness.

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          How would a web browser achieve that? The only thing I can think of is for the browser to choose what sort of web content should be filtered out and what should actually be displayed to the user, which I think we all agree is not what you would want your browser to choose.

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            the web browser isn’t a sentient entity; the web browser is developed by people who are part of an organisation with an ethos.

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              I think the question was:

              List the steps to be taken by the people at Mozilla to achieve this. Then think if those can reasonably be accomplished.