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Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy (fortune.com)

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Mozilla Corp., which manages the open-source Firefox browser, announced today that Mitchell Baker is stepping down as CEO to focus on AI and internet safety as chair of the nonprofit foundation. Laura Chambers, a Mozilla board member and entrepreneur with experience at Airbnb, PayPal, and eBay, will step in as interim CEO to run operations until a permanent replacement is found.

https://archive.is/rmMEb

Official Blog Post: A New Chapter for Mozilla: Focused Execution and an Expanded Role in Charting the Internet’s Future

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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Google and Mozilla in unison, reminded that some crazy people buy tablets: "oh yeah, huh"

Though mobile FF is miles ahead imo, since you can't have extensions on mobile chrome, it's not even in the running. FF just launched a few hundred more add-ons for mobile like two months ago, but there have been a dozen+ ones for a few years now. uBO > no uBO, full stop, no question. And Privacy Possum, and Dark Reader, and CleanURLs, and...

E: oh and forks of FF having about:config access is just chefs kiss

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Google has actually been putting a lot more energy into tablets lately. And that's not counting foldables