Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoMozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorshiptheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down116 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkMozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorshiptheintercept.comPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square29fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·8 months agoRead the article. They didn’t “get into” anything. They got told to take five add-ons down or face the wrath of a regime with a close relationship with defenestration, which they did only for Russians.
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minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·8 months agoHence why they were forced to ultimately remove the requested add-ons. Doesn’t make Mozilla somehow bad because they chose not to die on this hill.
minus-squareProgrammingSocks@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·8 months agoEvery major company does this, it just doesn’t make headlines. Plus I’m sure they know you can still install it outside of the store.
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minus-squareProgrammingSocks@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYou know as well as I do that Mozilla isn’t exactly a small community project. This isn’t a surprise to me.
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minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 months agoIt is a hard issue to solve. However, I think Mozilla should ignore Russia.
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Read the article. They didn’t “get into” anything. They got told to take five add-ons down
or face the wrath of a regime with a close relationship with defenestration, which they did only for Russians.deleted by creator
Hence why they were forced to ultimately remove the requested add-ons. Doesn’t make Mozilla somehow bad because they chose not to die on this hill.
Every major company does this, it just doesn’t make headlines. Plus I’m sure they know you can still install it outside of the store.
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You know as well as I do that Mozilla isn’t exactly a small community project. This isn’t a surprise to me.
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It is a hard issue to solve. However, I think Mozilla should ignore Russia.