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On the 28th, somewhere after lunch, my father asked me to take a look at his computer because he couldn't find the bird program icon, as he calls Thunderbird. Keep in mind that he's over 60 years old, and he neither speaks English nor is computer-savvy.

I remembered the default installation profile for the Linux distro I set up on his desktop had it, so the program was there; he was just missing the shortcut on KDE's Plasma taskbar. I added the icon to the taskbar, then took the chance to explain to him how he can create and use email templates in Thunderbird for stuff he does regularly, like asking for prescriptions. To be honest, I think the only part he memorized was how to use the one I created for him. 😅

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I think Mozilla might have a 'tech-bro' infestation that also doubles as a 'business-bro' infestation. I was skeptical of the latter, but after exchanging a few messages with someone on the Fediverse, I'm inclined to include it, too.

All this nonsense they've been doing for a few years now is indicative of this type of infestation:

  • AI plans;
  • buying an Ad company;
  • removing info about not selling users' data;
  • applying Terms of Service to their distributed Firefox binaries;
  • continued Firefox usage decline;
  • massive bonuses and/or pay increases for executives;
  • all those failed projects, too many to list;
  • etc, etc, etc...

It feels like Mozilla is walking back on promises made. What the actual fuck, Mozilla Foundation?

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