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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 07:05:55 JST Aral Balkan

   Hey, have you donated to Mozilla recently? Congratulations, you helped them fund their AI startup with $30 million.

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   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 07:22:01 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Klaudia (aka jinxx)

     @viennawriter Nope. Not unless we fund one from the commons for the common good.

   • Klaudia (aka jinxx) (viennawriter@literatur.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 07:22:02 JST Klaudia (aka jinxx)

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     @aral So, we're back to the browser question, I guess. What shall we do? I'm very reluctant to go for anything google-based. And Safari is somewhat clumsy. Stop using the internet is not an option. Is there any new browser on the horizon?

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 07:23:01 JST Aral Balkan

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     • samir, headphones on

     @samir Not your fault. The only fault here is with an organisation that makes itself out to be something it is not and preys on the goodwill of decent people.

   • samir, headphones on (samir@mastodon.functional.computer)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 07:23:02 JST samir, headphones on

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     @aral Don’t know what the hell I was thinking.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 17:10:00 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Klaudia (aka jinxx)

     @viennawriter As an independent organisation funded with our taxes, ideally.

   • Klaudia (aka jinxx) (viennawriter@literatur.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 17:10:01 JST Klaudia (aka jinxx)

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     @aral Fine. How do we fund one, then? We need a team of good human developers with manners and ethics, who love to build a browser kernel with decent security and privacy integrated from the ground. And money to pay them decently.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 18:30:52 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Klaudia (aka jinxx)

     @viennawriter Ideally, a new organisation, specifically for that purpose.

   • Klaudia (aka jinxx) (viennawriter@literatur.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 18:30:53 JST Klaudia (aka jinxx)

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     @aral Would we need a new one or could that be a job for FSF or FSFE? Europe would be nice because of the privacy standards here …

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 02:24:12 JST Aral Balkan

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     • BardMoss the Linux Guy

     @zaivala ~$7 million is the last figure I could find before she left her position. I don’t believe we know what the new one makes yet.

   • BardMoss the Linux Guy (zaivala@hostux.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 02:24:14 JST BardMoss the Linux Guy

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     @aral and the $60+ million that their CEO makes