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ramsj | 7 months ago

Meredith Whittaker at Signal made < $800K [1]. I can't fathom how $6.9M is even remotely acceptable.

[1] https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/824...

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echelon|7 months ago

A plant from Google.

Firefox is an antitrust litigation sponge, but you have to keep it rudderless and ineffective.

eecc|7 months ago

How on point.

In my limited career I have been in several projects whose plight didn't make any sense -- with all the smart people and the effort poured over them, how could the disaster continue to unfold! -- until I realized failure rather than success was the goal.

shmeeed|7 months ago

IMO that's basically all there is to say about FF, sadly. Any other speculation and commentary seem moot to me.

I'll still keep using it for as long as I can, though.

boomboomsubban|7 months ago

I can't understand how this keeps coming up when Google just lost an antitrust case largely because they pay Firefox and Safari for their default search. Chrome only exists to funnel people into Google, they wouldn't risk their search monopoly so there's browser competition.

motorest|7 months ago

> Firefox is an antitrust litigation sponge, but you have to keep it rudderless and ineffective.

I don't know what makes you believe Firefox is ineffective. It's by far the best browser around. What do you think is missing?

novaRom|7 months ago

Who else? I wonder what other companies play such role?

tomaskafka|7 months ago

This here is a single comment that explains everything. Firefox is kept clueless.

Sorry to all the devs grinding inside the machine - you are doing great work, and while it is not your fault the ship is going in the wrong direction, you are providing the fuel for it to keep going there by keeping your heads down and not revolting.

VGR's "Gervais principle" is a great series about recognizing the psychopaths at the helm and their power games. https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...