is the firefox ad a little cringe? yes. does it make a good point in a way a lot of people will sincerely engage with? also yes
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@aral oh I don't disagree at all but given the choice between a google-architected-and-owned web monoculture and a google-paid-for diverse internet the latter is always going to be preferable. we can already see the difference that can make with the manifest v2/v3 thing recently.
@bnys If only there was a third option.
@bnys Do they only exist due to half a billion dollars a year from Google? Yes. Are they just another Silicon Valley tech company? Also yes.
(Latter is what their then head of public policy told me at a conference when asking me to take it easy on them in my talk.)