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  1. colesantiago
    If that is the case, then there will be two revolutions.
  2. colesantiago
    You failed realise that bookface is of much much more value than HN.

    HN is just a free link aggregator, you can't make money from it.

    bookface is only accessible to YC founders, which means YC founders have given a chunk of their company away to access it (as a bonus)

    You see, the network of bookface (and bookface its self as a part of YC) is more valuable than HN.

  4. colesantiago
    > I can confirm Graphite isn’t going anywhere...

    sweet summer child.

  5. colesantiago
    Privacy isn't cheap.

    This is the price of privacy from not using Google.

  6. colesantiago
    How much do you pay to Thunderbird, just curious.
  7. colesantiago
    Just a question, why do you want to open source at all?
  8. colesantiago
    So how should Mozilla replace the $500M a year deal with Google to fund Firefox and be sustainable.

    Without being dependent or taking Google's money?

    Any takers? Any Solutions?

  9. colesantiago
    Even worse?

    That means people can self host (for privacy and incase the private relays are unstable) and not give money to Mozilla.

    Besides 1€/month is not going to cover anything of the costs to run the service.

  10. colesantiago
    It doesn't matter if they are or not really.

    As of right now Thunderbird doesn't make any money, it relies on 'Donations' which isn't at all sustainable.

    I can see Thunderbird is planning to do a pro plan, but it is behind a waitlist so the total sum of revenue Thunderbird is making relative to Google's $500M deal is close to zero.

  11. colesantiago
    How are they funded? Especially LibreWolf?

    Curious if LibreWolf can survive the next 25 years or even longer than Firefox.

  12. colesantiago
    The state of Mozilla's current 'products':

    Firefox

    Mozilla VPN

    Mozilla Monitor

    Firefox Relay

    MDN Plus

    Thunderbird

    -

    Some of these products are just repackaged partnerships.

    -

    Firefox - Funded by Google with the search partnership bringing in $500M in revenue. (free)

    Mozilla VPN - Repackaged Mullvad VPN and using Mullvad servers.

    Mozilla Monitor - Repackaged HaveIBeenPwned. (free)

    Firefox Relay - No different to Simplelogin and not open source. (free)

    MDN Plus - Be honest, you wouldn't pay for this since this was offered for a long time for free, MDN is already free.

    Thunderbird - Most likely funded by Google (free) (using Firefox Search Revenue)

    -

    Be honest, would you pay for any of Mozilla's products when most of these can be found for free or close to free?

    That is the problem.

  13. colesantiago
    What does "doubling down on making Firefox better?" mean?

    What can Mozilla Firefox do to make their 500 million without Google?

  14. colesantiago
    "The World’s Most Trusted Software Company"

    I'm sure the new leader of the trojan horse (fox?) is not going to pivot to AI...

    "...Third: Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions..."

    "It will evolve into a modern AI browser"

    and there it is, the most "trusted" software company pivoting to AI.

  15. colesantiago
    I agree AI is definitely not the future, let's stop them. Lets stop AI.

    What is the best way and how do we stop them?

  17. colesantiago
    Take a look at JEPAs (Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture), SAM (Segment Anything), etc for Meta's latest research.

    https://ai.meta.com/vjepa/

    https://ai.meta.com/sam2/

    https://ai.meta.com/research/

  18. colesantiago
    Although this is in 2021, it's great to see that Sam Zeloof also made Atomic Semi [0].

    A display of "just doing things", no permission needed and no need for barriers and red tape.

    It is another reason why I have huge promise for Substrate [1] founded by James Proud (UK native moved to US) another display of "just doing things".

    However in Europe and the UK, it's "this law allows you to do this, this and this", "we've changed the law, here is a massive immediate fine", "ban encryption" (this nearly happened), "ban maths", "we are the first to regulate and ban this".

    It is no wonder the US will continue to be great at building things.

    [0] https://atomicsemi.com/

    [1] https://substrate.com/

  19. colesantiago
    > If there is a bug, I fix it right then and there. Security? Who cares.

    > Security? Who cares.

    And there it is.

    Would you use a vibe coded accountancy software that stores your credit card, business data, identity information in plain text on a insecure server somewhere?

    I know I wouldn't at all even if I made it, there are companies that go through audits and have certifications which cannot be vibe coded.

  20. colesantiago
    Poor attempt to refute my point.

    When was the last time you supported a content creator that has an RSS feed?

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