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

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 134 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"Mozilla now makes most of its almost $600 million in annual revenue from promoting Chrome as the default search engine on its home page."

Proofreading FTW.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago

Chrome is just the internet, duh. Do you not support the internet? I have two internets on my computer, in case the first goes down or something. But the one internet hasn't had any issues, I just keep the second as a backup.

-- anyone in US govt

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Did the Neutral President write this?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Neutral President

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

All I know is, my gut says maybe.