"Mozilla now makes most of its almost $600 million in annual revenue from promoting Chrome as the default search engine on its home page."
Proofreading FTW.
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2024
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Chrome is just the internet, duh. Do you not support the internet? I have two internets on my computer, in case the first goes down or something. But the one internet hasn't had any issues, I just keep the second as a backup.
-- anyone in US govt
Did the Neutral President write this?
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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All I know is, my gut says maybe.
pivots to data privacy
Should have not named Laura then, just to highlight the point. 😛
Why?
For Laura's Privacy!
Sorry, it's a dumb recurring joke among Privacy nerds.
Yeah it was just a silly joke based on how specifically the title was worded. 😅
To protect her privacy, of course
They should focus more on their mobile browser. At this point the desktop browser is on par with Chrome. People who use Chrome does it because they don't care enough about privacy, but on mobile there is a noticeable difference between their performances.
Apple needs to allow 3rd party browser engines.
They will in the EU. Hopefully it's easy to game the system and sideload a non-safari browser in the future.
I think they need to integrate better with their paid offerings to build additional revenue streams. For example, Mozilla VPN works with Container Tabs, but I had to look for it; that's a pretty killer feature IMO. Make it work on mobile too and a lot of people would be interested. Maybe they could white label a password manager (Bitwarden?) as an alternative to their built-in PW manager service, and make the experience really good. Throw in Relay as well.
There's a lot they could do with opt-in, privacy-centric features that I would be totally interested in.
Maybe they could white label a password manager (Bitwarden?)
not sure starting at which version, but in android you can set bitwarden as a default password manager system wide which integrates pretty seamlessly with firefox and other apps. only place i know bitwarden doesn't really integrate well with firefox is on Linux but that seems more due to bitwardens lack of interest to implement freedesktop apis.
i agree though with additional revenue streams, they need to break dependence on Google search engine revenue. maybe spend research on alternative monitization to ads and sponsored content that could be implemented at a browser level and split revenue between browser and websites.
I am a big fan of Firefox+Thunderbird and subscribe to Pocket, Mozilla VPN and Firefox Relay. I don't think she was the right CEO for the job, coming into the job because she was needed after the Eich debacle, not because she was the best choice. When I listened or read interviews with her I sensed a lack of focus, which I think came through with the lack of focus and commitment I sense in Firefox's products. She seems like a better fit for chair of the foundation, pursuing pie in the sky ideas rather than in the trenches trying to rebuild Mozilla's presence and diversify their revenues. Pocket has stagnated under their care, and actually grown less useful to the point I am considering switching. The Android browser is stuck in time. I don't think it's a coincidence that Thunderbird has flourished after pursuing a semi-independent structure: they finally had people who actually cared about the product calling the shots.
I had to stop using Pocket and moved to Raindrop.io because the search on pocket has been soooooo bad.
Stuck in time after the addon thing? It's an amazing change.
she was needed after the Eich debacle, not because she was the best choice.
Dude, seriously. WHAT THE FCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??? The political correction keeps firefox like that, now the new CEO is from a smart breast pump... Keep fighting for LGBT and minorities problems. I need to find a browser that cares for giving a good service with independence.
What the fuck are you talking about? This garbled comment deserves the cesspool.
That's honestly a good move. They are a sinking ship and they need to start to swim
That's silly, ships can't swim, they're inanimate objects!
My thoughts exactly. They’ve been making bad decisions for years.
(That said, I happily use Firefox)
Congratulations to Mozilla Corp on escaping its CEO. Another one will inevitably move in, but perhaps it will be someone easier to bear.
New CEO is from a smart breast pump company....
I wonder if they understand themselves what they want with ai and whatever other things they mention for better internet. What other things? At least CEO change could lead to something better lol.
Mozilla is a for-proifit company!?!
Mozilla Corporation is a corporation, and subsidiary to the Mozilla Foundation.
waif can a non-profit run a for a profit??
Mozilla is pivoting to privacy or the old CEO is?
The new CEO of the corporation.
Chambers says she plans to focus on building out new products that address growing privacy concerns while actively looking for a full-time CEO.
Mozilla. They just launched a "delete me" service, and apparently they want to do more of that.
Wow mozilla is getting into euthanasia business?
Pivots to days privacy? What was their focus before?
Burning foxes
Reading this new CEOs job history on linkedin is kinda infuriating. She goes from intern to head of consumer products at Skype in less than a year. Just... Frustrating to read that while I am and manage really good people who struggle for decades in the trenches to get even paltry job opportunities.
But she got her MBA from Stanford so nepotism ahoy I guess.