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Yep, totally agree as like I have said for nearly two years now: it's way past time for people and developers to invest in DNS-level ad blocking since you can't and I mean you can't expect Mozilla to follow through on long term support of ManifestV2 at this point in time. 503junk.house/@rose/1129680753

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@joeo10 Mozilla still carries Ublock as an extension for their users. I use both it and NoScript to be totally paranoid about the issue.

@fmhilton As I said, long term support (more than a year) is uncertain giving Mozilla's over-reliance on Google for most of their business.

The Mozilla as we know it also might face death's door if Google's monopoly ruling holds up to boot.

@joeo10 Is my memory bad or was Mozilla once an independent entity? I'm sorry I did not realize that they have become so dependent on Google for anything? When did that happen?

@fmhilton I posted this last week on Mozilla's dire situation after the ruling: mastodon.sdf.org/@joeo10/11292

Also, this piece from last year explains Mozilla's finances: lunduke.locals.com/post/438753

They only have themselves to blame for nearly a decade of mismanagement, not to mention that they alienated so many developers with the move to WebExtensions in 2017.

Firefox Money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozillalunduke.locals.com

@joeo10 I was not aware of the technicalities of the ruling, nor of the background. I'm shocked, though that Mozilla turned into a pay for play thing, and yes, I haven't been paying attention. Thanks for the information. Now, are there alternatives to Mozilla should they go belly up if Google does not win the appeal?

@fmhilton Who knows? I do hope that Mozilla can find another way to keep afloat but even if they do go belly up, I can see Firefox being hard forked so I can see it being alive in another form, not through Mozilla.

Browser competition can be revived but it'll take time to develop.

Mary Hilton

@joeo10 There are other browsers available but most are infected by MS or google.
Bad landscape, similar to when AOL, Netscape or Internet Explorer all ruled the waves.