If I were Mozilla I'd just put a blockchain into Firefox. And then use smart contracts for showing ads to people. Also they should just replace the address bar with a chatbot. What are URLs anyway?
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@benzogaga33@mamot.frRevue de presse de l’April pour la semaine 14 de l’année 2025 https://linuxfr.org/news/revue-de-presse-de-l-april-pour-la-semaine-14-de-l-annee-2025 #ecole_polytechnique_fr #éducation_nationale #revue_de_presse #microsoft #Internet #mozilla #gafam
linuxfr.orgRevue de presse de l’April pour la semaine 14 de l’année 2025 - LinuxFr.orgL’actualité du logiciel libre et des sujets voisins (DIY, Open Hardware, Open Data, les Communs, etc.), sur un site francophone contributif géré par une équipe bénévole par et pour des libristes enthousiastes
I’m gonna say it louder for the folks in the back: Mozilla is not what you think it is. Mozilla is not what they say they are. Mozilla is just another for-profit Silicon Valley tech company that has a not-for-profit doing its PR.
#mozilla #BigTech #SiliconValley #bullshit https://eupolicy.social/@ilumium/114306918813909843
EUpolicy.social - A Mastodon server for the EU bubbleJan Penfrat (@ilumium@eupolicy.social)Wow so the #Mozilla engineer disagrees and claims "#GDPR has done a great deal of harm" (I didn't understand his argument why) but now diverted to saying the #browser should be the platform collect all the personal data and then provide it in aggregated form to advertisers.
This would "give control to people while also unlocking the data". 🥱
And all in a sudden, #SurveillanceAdvertising is not a #humanrights issue any more but merely a question of "governance".
Strong point by #Schibsted: we tried to move away from #Google #Ads when #GDPR came into force but lost so much money we had to go back. 
And that's where the event ends. Lots to think about, not very convinced about what #Mozilla is doing.
Glad to see #Rob from #FPF brings up #Kobler's #contextualads solution as a viable alternative to #RTB and #SurveillanceAdvertising.
Also makes a super important point about mandatory #DoNotTrack signals in browsers.
IMO this is what #Mozilla should be working towards, not making #Firefox as a data collection platform.
What a weird world in which the #publisher champions #GDPR because #privacy and #Mozilla says it's harmful 
#Schibsted also celebrates the #DigitalMarketsAct for reining in #Meta's #gatekeeper power.
Other interesting point: they'd like #cookies under the #GDPR instead of #ePrivacy combined with a timid acknowledgement that publishers are forced to participate in a system (of #programmatic #advertising) they cannot control.
Wow so the #Mozilla engineer disagrees and claims "#GDPR has done a great deal of harm" (I didn't understand his argument why) but now diverted to saying the #browser should be the platform collect all the personal data and then provide it in aggregated form to advertisers.
This would "give control to people while also unlocking the data". 
And all in a sudden, #SurveillanceAdvertising is not a #humanrights issue any more but merely a question of "governance".
Stop legitimising Mozilla.
They’re sucking all the oxygen out of the room.
“We’re just another Silicon Valley tech company.” – their then head of public policy to me
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou
(Or in this case the second, third, fourth… what are we on? I’ve lost count.)
#mozilla #BigTech #SiliconValley #bullshit https://eupolicy.social/@ilumium/114306753465182268
EUpolicy.social - A Mastodon server for the EU bubbleJan Penfrat (@ilumium@eupolicy.social)At a #Mozilla event in #Brussels this morning about "#privacy-first online #advertising". I am _very_ curious where this weirdest of things Mozilla does is going. 🤔
Speakers: Petra Wikström, policy person at #Schibsted, @rvaneijk@mastodon.nl, @eff@mastodon.social's Svea Windwehr and Mozilla's own Martin Thompson.
#onlineads #SurveillanceAdvertising #TrackingFreeAds #gdpr #dataprotection
At a #Mozilla event in #Brussels this morning about "#privacy-first online #advertising". I am _very_ curious where this weirdest of things Mozilla does is going. 
Speakers: Petra Wikström, policy person at #Schibsted, @rvaneijk, @eff's Svea Windwehr and Mozilla's own Martin Thompson.
@kkarhan@infosec.space@ryanleesipes and AFAIK #Mozilla only has the #Trademark for #Thunderbird and @thunderbird is being granted useage for no fee...
- Personally I wish Mozilla would also release #Firefox if not come to an arrangement where @torproject / #TorBrowser becomes the new #Upstream instead.
After all, that"s certainly better re: #privacy and way better than "yet another #Chromium fork" like #BraveBrowser ...
Firefox nightly introduces an experimental feature that shows an AI summary for web link previews https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/firefox-nightly-introduces-experimental-link-previews-with-ai-summary
OMG! Ubuntu · Try Firefox's Experimental Link Previews with AI Summary
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#Thundermail and #Thunderbird Pro Services
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/
The Thunderbird Blog · Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro Services - The Thunderbird BlogAnnouncing a new Thunderbird email service called Thundermail as part of the Thunderbird Pro suite of additional services.
@kkarhan@infosec.space@bohwaz @punkfairie @ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii that's a general problem with #Mozilla.
- They completely loose #focus and I think they should hand over #Firefox to @torproject and turn #TorBrowser into the Upstream...
@kkarhan@infosec.space@bohwaz @punkfairie @ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen That's exactly the problem, cuz #KaiOS nee #FirefoxOS was a good and solid basis not just for #LowEnd-Devices but could've been excellent for a more #secure mobile OS, as it has good potential for #sandboxing and #KISS-principle'd #Apps that are lean and efficient.
But then again when enthusiasts like @fuchsiii and I were shouting "#ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney!" to #Mozilla, they basically refused to sell any #device, and then we get the "#PSvita-Effect":
- Noone's gonna build an #App for a platform that is essentially a rounding error from the start! [www.youtube.com]…
@kkarhan@infosec.space@punkfairie @ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii Yeah and #Symbian is used with cheap phones of a brand named #Swisstone.
Case in point: #KaiOS nee #FirefoxOS is now drowned in obscurity because of #Mozilla mismanagment and hamfisted approach compared to #Android.
Mozilla launching “Thundermail” email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365: https://www.techradar.com/pro/mozilla-launching-thundermail-email-service-to-take-on-gmail-microsoft-365
#mozilla #thundermail #service #despair
TechRadar pro · Mozilla launching "Thundermail" email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365
@benzogaga33@mamot.frThundermail : une alternative open source à Gmail axée sur la protection des données ! https://www.it-connect.fr/thundermail-une-alternative-open-source-a-gmail-axee-sur-la-protection-des-donnees/ #Mozilla #E-mail #Web
IT-Connect · Thundermail : Mozilla prépare une alternative open source à GmailMozilla prépare un service de messagerie plaçant la confidentialité au premier plan et qui se présente comme une alternative à Gmail et Outlook : Thundermail.
نزار القرقني @nizarus@mastodon.tnThundermail, la nouvelle alternative open source à Gmail de Mozilla
ZDNET · Thundermail, la nouvelle alternative open source à Gmail de Mozilla qui privilégie la confidentialité - ZDNETLes développeurs de Thunderbird travaillent sur un nouveau service de messagerie qui place la confidentialité avant tout le reste. Voici tout ce que nous en savons à ce jour.
browser.ml.chat.enabled = false
what a wonderful phrase
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ain't no passing craaaaaaaaze