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Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future (techcrunch.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/7456748

The mission-driven tech company behind the Firefox browser, Pocket reader and other apps is now investing its energy into the so-called “fediverse” — a collection of decentralized social networking applications, like Mastodon, that communicate with one another over the ActivityPub protocol.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (16 children)

I just read the entire article and I don’t see why Mozilla really wants in on the Fediverse. It covers a lot of how it wants in, but not the driving motivation.

My best guess is they want to be the next Facebook/Twitter. They see a window and think it’s not something to miss.

Never forget: “Embrace, Extend, Extinguish”, even if it’s from a relatively liked company like Mozilla.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I doubt they want to be a big instance — in the end, they simply don't have the resources for it.

If anything, I imagine this "investment" is simply a part of their bigger market positioning as "privacy provider", along with Mozilla VPN and their email service.

Which might be somewhat profitable for them but I'd say it's also good for the consumers — they at least become aware of the product.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I think so. They don't even have the server to store Firefox user credentials.

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