| >legitimizing DRM like they have By this logic they had already long legitimized it through their grudging support for Flash. But don't let that stop you from trying to act like it's magically different. >where Mozilla will always be at a disadvantage They were always at a disadvantage in the fight against DRM. They never had any real control over it to begin with, and had to constantly be at a disadvantage while it was Flash-based. The fact that they adopted EME changes nothing at all, except that some people on the Internet took it personally because they wanted to. >the way that they worship at the feet of Google Suuuure they do. Just like they worshiped at the feet of Yahoo before. >The biggest mistake that Mozilla is making is adopting the for-profit paradigm that their competitors have Some hard evidence for this shift in their mentality would sure be nice. Simply owning a corporation doesn't mean you're suddenly driven by a profit motive. Nor does the fact that you may earn some revenue from things that some people love to hate. >Mozilla is not a business, and they don't need to convince people who don't care about web browsers or privacy to use their web browser. They have always been a business. A non-profit organization is legally a type of business. And even by non-legal definitions they are still a business. A business does not mean "a profit-driven venture". Just like their mission has always been to make products for everyone, whether or not they happen to hold strong beliefs about privacy or DRM or even web browsers. >We are truly entering a dark age of technology. I've been hearing that since I was just a kid. I'm sorry that Mozilla didn't win your DRM war for you (and me), but that doesn't mean they've given up on all attempts to avert your "dark age" prophecy. But they're just a couple of thousand people. They won't be able to avert every disaster. |