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. https://503junk.house/@rose/112968075320377847
@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: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@joeo10/112927818321260684
Also, this piece from last year explains Mozilla's finances: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla
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.
@joeo10 @fmhilton While I suspect the revenue figures in that linked article are fine, I also noticed that the article basically exists to "just ask questions" about Mozilla potentially being a front company to fund left-wing politics. And that it kept hassling me to sign up for Rumble. And that the blog's most recent posts were pretty typical "anti-woke" grievance stuff. And that the author has been described on r/linux as a "closet qanon guy" and "a grifter".
@roadriverrail @fmhilton I'm aware of his views and politics although at the time of that piece, this was good information into their finances and how they spent a decade alienating a lot of people and developers alike.
I use some for Firefox DNA now (LibreWolf) and used to use Firefox for a very long time prior to the 2017 changes to extensions and how far they have fallen since is so tragic.
@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.
@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.