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All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding | by Dan Fabulich | Apr, 2025 (danfabulich.medium.com)

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I know this sounds bad, but maybe this is a blessing in disguise. Necessity is the mother of invention and maybe browser technology should be funded by governments instead of privately owned advertising megacorps?

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[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

I mean, before DOGE ostensibly took over USDS I was aware of it funding open source projects through normal processes just because their continued improvement helped the government function. Making software good for government agencies was one of their mandates.

If I had full faith in the current Mozilla project like I used to, I'd say they could just accept funding through the nonprofit in a similar setup and just do good things.

My point is there are ways to make it work where there is funding without influence. Just corruption and capitalism are fighting against it.