“Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users to revolt…”

  • @ganymede@lemmy.ml
    1•4 months ago

    That’s wrong. The creation of PPA isn’t about getting paid

    ok that’s fair, thanks for the useful info i didn’t know that. until money or other resources change hands i’m happy to withdraw the view that while firefox is underfunded by the community, it may not have resulted in these kinds of collaborations.

    what i’m not understanding is how average non-adblock running users will be better off?

    i appreciate you’ve stated how the sole purpose of this collaboration is intended by mozilla.

    yet unlike the current implementation which appears to be opt-out, afaict meta’s particpation here is entirely opt-in, isn’t it? if meta etc decide on a whim they want to have their cake and eat it too, what is stopping them?

    • @sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
      1•4 months ago

      You live in a town and to get from say the supermarket to the school, everyone cuts across a field. The problem is the field is quite overgrown and while it’s okay in groups, it’s considered dangerous with more than one incident taking place and people still insist on taking the path. The town mayor decided to put lights along the makeshift route that people use and also cut the grass. The residents of the town are mad because they never asked for the field to have its grass cut or for the lights to be put up. The major hopes that their actions will reduce the danger, but only time will tell.

      • @ganymede@lemmy.ml
        1•4 months ago

        seems roughly accurate.

        but probably would add

        the mayor is a good person, and genuinely appears to want to see the best in people. but most of the reported incidents involve thugs with overt connections to an organised crime syndicate which is currently so powerful they mostly don’t have to answer to anyone.

        the same crime syndicate has been granted the contract to light the field, cut the grass and keep everyone safe.

        the mayor has a fairly good record of delivering on good community projects. so on the one hand mayor has a good rep, on the other…it’s an organised crime syndicate who is literally one of the worst offenders when it comes to making the field unsafe in the first place.