Tennessee cops also forcefully ejected a woman I follow on YouTube for the “crime” of calling out her representative’s lies during a town hall (where lots of people were already yelling and doing the same).
Lots of authoritarians emboldened right now; we need to make sure we’re standing up for each other. The billionaires and politicians certainly won’t.
We don’t have enough info to determine which it actually is.
And it’s this that has me personally erring on the side of distrust. There’s a global shift among many organizations who see value in falling in line behind various authoritarian regimes (often under the pretense of “ensuring continued operation”), and I don’t have the luxury of skilled lawyers on retainer or goon squads who can fight for my rights.
I appreciate the extra information. Basing our responses on facts is always the best way forward.
But that just brings up another issue: why aren’t they being more transparent about that? Why hide behind obtuse explanations? I’m not saying you’re wrong at all, but there’s clearly a disconnect between the leadership and the users, because they don’t seem to care to ensure people can easily understand what it is they mean.
And that’s all assuming they’re still mostly on the users’ side, which I’m no longer fully convinced is the case. It’s great that that wiki exists, but they also bring up the insufficient clarity from Mozilla, and clarity shouldn’t be coming from a third party anyway.
It’s a mess, and if Mozilla can’t give us straight answers, then it’s not a company I can trust or recommended by virtue of the fact that they can’t even clear that extremely low bar.
It’s not hard to define “sell,” Varma, and I’m sure you don’t want to do it, because the definitions aren’t flattering. Here’s the Miriam Webster definition:
1: to deliver or give up in violation of duty, trust, or loyalty and especially for personal gain : betray —often used with out
sell out their country
2a(1): to give up (property) to another for something of value (such as money)
2a(2): to offer for sale
2b: to give up in return for something else especially foolishly or dishonorably
sold his birthright for a mess of pottage
2c: to exact a price for
sold their lives dearly
3a: to deliver into slavery for money
3b: to give into the power of another
sold his soul to the devil
3c: to deliver the personal services of for money
4: to dispose of or manage for profit instead of in accordance with conscience, justice, or duty
sold their votes
Some people don’t care about that stuff, and it’s their right to be as private (or not) as they choose. They can’t make informed decisions, however, if companies don’t tell them what they’re doing with user data.