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byabulafia ( 7826 ) writes:
So that's how Mozilla folds - bleeding off the reserves as part of the AI scam.
Wonder who will end up with the domain name.
byNiobe ( 941496 ) writes:
I think it's more the fact that they earn most of their money from Google search revenue, and Google needs to keep them on life support because it's cheaper than having antitrust issues. So Mozilla needs to look like they're competing without actually competing to keep the cash flowing.
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byabulafia ( 7826 ) writes:
The other part is there is a pot of money sitting in a perennially almost-useless company, and that is literally irresistible to a certain kind of person. (Usually, the kind of person who uses phrases like "unlocking value" to mean layoffs.)
Pretty sure a small pile of "ai ethics" projects could burn through a nice big chunk of that pretty quickly. And if 5% ended up in the right pockets, those pockets are set for life.
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