Firefox is the default web browser installed on most Linux distributions. It is a well-known browser by Mozilla that respects user privacy by design, and
Yeah, I really don’t like Mozilla funding model. I wish they’d just focus on crowd funding and building useful services people are willing to pay for. If Mozilla ran a decent mail service with good privacy for example, I’m sure a lot of people would pay for it.
Crowd funding sounds like a great idea to me. Running a paid email service I am not sure about. There is still a lot of “freemail” choices like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, GMX, Zoho and I believe most people will refuse to give up on Gmail or pay for email access. (The tech giants with their “freemail” and their addictive mobile apps have already contributed to turn a lot of people into zombies which is actually very bad. More often than not I see parents who increasingly pay no real attention to their children but are hooked to their mobile phones. This alienation will likely lead to new problems in the future. Children imho need a listening ear, empathy and compassion)
I could be wrong of course, but I think there’s a market for people who are concerned about privacy and would be willing to pay for services like email from a vendor that was explicitly focused on protecting them. Apple has been successful advertising iOS as a privacy focused platform and seems like that’s working for them. But email is just an example, I’m sure there are other services Mozilla could offer that would be useful.
And I definitely agree that the way we use the internet leads to a lot of alienation. It’s very easy to get sucked into news or social media feeds and become increasingly disconnected from people around you.
Yeah, I really don’t like Mozilla funding model. I wish they’d just focus on crowd funding and building useful services people are willing to pay for. If Mozilla ran a decent mail service with good privacy for example, I’m sure a lot of people would pay for it.
Crowd funding sounds like a great idea to me. Running a paid email service I am not sure about. There is still a lot of “freemail” choices like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, GMX, Zoho and I believe most people will refuse to give up on Gmail or pay for email access. (The tech giants with their “freemail” and their addictive mobile apps have already contributed to turn a lot of people into zombies which is actually very bad. More often than not I see parents who increasingly pay no real attention to their children but are hooked to their mobile phones. This alienation will likely lead to new problems in the future. Children imho need a listening ear, empathy and compassion)
I could be wrong of course, but I think there’s a market for people who are concerned about privacy and would be willing to pay for services like email from a vendor that was explicitly focused on protecting them. Apple has been successful advertising iOS as a privacy focused platform and seems like that’s working for them. But email is just an example, I’m sure there are other services Mozilla could offer that would be useful.
And I definitely agree that the way we use the internet leads to a lot of alienation. It’s very easy to get sucked into news or social media feeds and become increasingly disconnected from people around you.
Isn’t that what they’re essentially doing with their VPN?
Yeah think so, not sure how profitable it is.