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mcpar-land 6 days ago

Personally try to do what better? Run Mozilla? Make a browser?

smaudet 6 days ago | parent [-]

Personally not support monopolies? If firefox is not working, do you have a solution/alternative?

Dylan16807 6 days ago | parent [-]

Are you trying to say that complaining about Mozilla's mistakes supports monopolies?

If yes then that's an unreasonable standard to hold people to.

If no then I can't figure out what your comment means.

smaudet 5 days ago | parent [-]

Not at all. To clarify, saying something is "over", without really saying what your plan is, is low effort.

"This is a problem, and here is what I/we should do", takes a bit more effort.

Firefox is still open source last I checked. You can still contribute, write bugs, write letters to the CEO, etc...

I'm only taking issue with tendency people have to throw shade without offering a solution.

Dylan16807 5 days ago | parent [-]

"low effort" is a completely different statement from supporting monopolies. If that's what you actually meant, sure I guess.

But it's really hard for a normal person to do much about steering firefox other than helping raise a fuss.

Sometimes there isn't "a solution".

smaudet 4 days ago | parent [-]

There may not be "a solution", but recognizing FUD for what it is, is a part of the "whole" solution.

If you don't have something to contribute (like a direction, suggestion, correction), then as they used to say, you are "part of the problem".

Dylan16807 4 days ago | parent [-]

Shaming organizations into changing course sometimes works.

And even if it's useless that doesn't make it FUD.

smaudet 3 days ago | parent [-]

I think when there's overblown criticism (does not take into account the positive things, seeks only to paint in a negative light), that's pretty clearly FUD.

Moreover, when there's a pattern of it occurring, for at least the past 5 years...

Not saying that firefox is perfect, I have issues with its project leadership too, but its nowhere near as bad as the (most vocal) critics like to claim.