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mcc

@arjen I don't think my concern about the technology is the chain of custody for the data. I don't want the data to be collected by my browser, and I don't want the people receiving the data to receive it. How hackable the part in between is is, uh, I guess important, but to my mind it is more important to eliminate the technology completely in every single form it exists in.

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Arjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️

@mcc I understand, but then you take the position that you will not contribute to the way internet services (including the browser software) are paid for right now. That's a perfectly fine position; not sure how that will work out over the long run, should we all do that; i.e., if people can still produce these services. We will see.

mcc

@arjen Currently, I am paying for a number of my internet services. I have recurring donations to Mastodon and Cohost, and I am contributing to Tusky in the form of my time. I find *these* internet services much superior to the ad-supported ones.

(I would consider donating to Mozilla, but after this incident— and considering Firefox plans integration with OpenAI, an organization I consider deeply unethical— I will certainly not be doing this. I *am* donating to Servo.)

mcc

@arjen (Note the above post would be the polite way of expressing the sentiment I am feeling right now. A more earnest, unguarded version of that post would probably contain potentially unprofessional phrasing such as "laugh in their faces and dance in the ashes".)

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