The grand idealism of the free and open internet might be over for now, but in its place falls a more practical mindset. Just like Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs are entering their “Hard Tech” era, the people building web alternatives are also entering their Post-Naive Era. Here are the names to know.
  • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
    284·
    6 days ago

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    “And please follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, Linkedin, Spotify, and Tiktok! Together we’re building a better internet!! wooo!!”

    Fucking hell Mozilla. What became of you.

    Who are the fools supporting this shit. If you want to support a better internet, Servo and Bonfire are two good examples of worthier causes.

    • GEEXiES@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      And of course it loads content from Google! :( Well, it tried, because I block all that stuff, but how sad anyway. There are very few “independent” sites out there these days, all of them depend on third-parties, sometimes for a valid reason, but many others not.