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   Raven667 (raven667@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 10:24:41 JST Raven667

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs honestly, a browser/PWA-first phone OS isn't a terrible idea, or maintaining a basic Linux desktop like GNOME and making it a ChromeOS-alike, or domain/email hosting, each of which could be a paid product, with certified hardware partners alongside a DIY ecosystem, to improve the sustainability of Mozilla. Mozilla could also stop trying to be a Silicon Valley tech company and run more efficient operations. They could be a lot of things which they aren't :-(

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     Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. (boydstephensmithjr@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 10:34:33 JST Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I believe they are doing that because they can't get enough funding for their browser development just by making a web browser. 😩

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     Mark T. Tomczak (mark@mastodon.fixermark.com)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 12:49:53 JST Mark T. Tomczak

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Trouble, of course, is there's no money in web browsers.

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     Juan Luis (astrojuanlu@social.juanlu.space)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 21:50:27 JST Juan Luis

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Money doesn't grow on trees and they've taken heat for receiving Google sponsorship. What are they supposed to do to sustain themselves? Donations aren't enough.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 00:28:27 JST SuperDicq

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io Ever since Thunderbird has split off from Mozilla they have done exactly what everyone wanted; Just build a better e-mail client.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 00:31:06 JST 翠星石

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     • SuperDicq
     @SuperDicq Evolution from GNOME has someone managed to be less proprietary though.
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     Chris Petrilli (petrillic@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 01:55:26 JST Chris Petrilli

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs What if... a breakfast cereal?

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     ran mak (ranvel@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 02:26:51 JST ran mak

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs pocket and thunderbird are pretty great.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 15:09:15 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs @Rachel_Thorn I’ll just tell you what their head of public policy once told me: “We’re just another Silicon Valley tech company… I don’t know why you’re holding us to such a higher standard.”

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     Miaourt 🏳️‍🌈✨ (miaourt@raru.re)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 18:03:04 JST Miaourt 🏳️‍🌈✨

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs FirefoxOS was cool tho...

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     Eric Hustvedt (hustvedt@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 21:49:10 JST Eric Hustvedt

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs there’s no money in browsers. How will they keep engineers from unicorn chasing?