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by lidHanteyk 2305 days ago
A key feature of our society is that many things are given away for free and supported by an advertising infrastructure.
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I emailed Troy to ask if he'd consider operating it as a non-profit utility similar to Let's Encrypt, and offered to help (because it's only fair if you come with an ask).
I've been sitting here wondering why bringing HIBP into an existing non-profit foundation wasn't the desired outcome. Having HIBP under the control of corporate interests seems icky.
Do we know for sure it wasn't? Couldn't Mr Hunt have wanted Mozilla to take over, but they weren't keen .. what other non-profit options fit here? Apache?
That sounds like a terrible idea in this case. It would all be ads for VPN services in the best case, or credit protection services in the worst case.