@atomicpoet @ivory @mammoth @fediversenews That’s because, unlike Mammoth, Ivory is not VC-funded. Tapbots just make a useful tool instead of trying to capture enough people on their own service so they can monetise them and carry out a successful exit (sell the company so their investors can turn a profit).
PS. The only time you can stop VC-funded startups is before they scale (grow) and obtain network effects. So the best time not to use Mammoth was yesterday. The second best time is today.
@atomicpoet Yes, Mozilla. The corporation funded by half a billion dollars from Google every year. The corporation whose CEO is paid several million dollars and whose head of public policy once asked me to go easy on them because “we’re just another Silicon Valley tech company, I don’t understand why you’re holding us to such a higher standard.”
VC is VC. It’s a very simple game and the rules don’t change. And Mozilla? Mozilla is Silicon Valley through and through.
@atomicpoet Firefox is not private by default, it is private by configuration. A very big difference. How big? It’s worth half a billion dollars a year to Google alone.
But yes, you’re right, Mozilla is the best you’re going to get under capitalism and Silicon Valley.
(And if we want better things, then we must think beyond that model and fund them from the common purse for the common good.)
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