Mozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorship
Mozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorship
At Russia’s request, Firefox web browser maker Mozilla blocked add-ons that are designed to circumvent internet censorship.
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Ok it's getting properly sus now. Mozilla goes into politics way too much
10 14 ReplyRead 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.23 2 ReplyDoesn't matter. Politics is politics and always ends badly.
3 18 ReplyHence 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.
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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.
11 1 ReplySo you're defending major companies? Ok. May as well do what Jia Tan did...
1 13 ReplyYou know as well as I do that Mozilla isn't exactly a small community project. This isn't a surprise to me.
1 0 ReplyIt isn't much of a surprise to me either. I heard of them jumping into politics and misusing donations in the past. But it doesn't mean they're good
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It is a hard issue to solve. However, I think Mozilla should ignore Russia.
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