Mozilla is taking the fight to Google in yet another arena.
Mozilla Thunderbird gets a web-based open-source client to take on Gmail
https://www.xda-developers.com/mozilla-thunderbird-web-based-open-source-client/
@volkerdi I'm sure you've heard about Mozilla's changes in their privacy policy for Firefox (it's old news, but still). The implications of it have prompted a few distros to remove Firefox from their repos/default installation.
What's the game plan for Slackware? Will it keep using Firefox by default, or will you be phasing it out of the package tree, or what?
@bohwaz @punkfairie @ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii that's a general problem with #Mozilla.
They completely loose #focus and I think they should hand over #Firefox to @torproject and turn #TorBrowser into the Upstream...
@bohwaz @punkfairie @ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen That's exactly the problem, cuz #KaiOS nee #FirefoxOS was a good and solid basis not just for #LowEnd-Devices but could've been excellent for a more #secure mobile OS, as it has good potential for #sandboxing and #KISS-principle'd #Apps that are lean and efficient.
But then again when enthusiasts like @fuchsiii and I were shouting "#ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney!" to #Mozilla, they basically refused to sell any #device, and then we get the "#PSvita-Effect":
Noone's gonna build an #App for a platform that is essentially a rounding error from the start!…
April 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: More AI security introduced by Microsoft https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/04/april-2025-patch-tuesday-forecast/ #Expertanalysis #PatchTuesday #Don'tmiss #Microsoft #Hotstuff #Mozilla #Windows #Google #Adobe #Apple #News
@punkfairie @ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii Yeah and #Symbian is used with cheap phones of a brand named #Swisstone.
Case in point: #KaiOS nee #FirefoxOS is now drowned in obscurity because of #Mozilla mismanagment and hamfisted approach compared to #Android.
La nouvelle est sortie il y a deux jours, j'ai pensé à un poisson d'avril. Mais c'est bien réel. #Mozilla, fondation derrière le navigateur #Firefox, prépare un service concurrent à Gmail (Google) et Outlook (Microsoft). Ainsi, #Thunderbird ne sera plus seulement un logiciel à l'avenir. Un bon moyen de financer la fondation sans dépendre de Google pour ses revenus ? Je lui souhaite plus de succès que dans le passé!
#Thundermail
https://www.frandroid.com/marques/google/2569317_mozilla-reve-de-vous-faire-quitter-gmail-avec-son-projet-thundermail
Mozilla launching “Thundermail” email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365: https://www.techradar.com/pro/mozilla-launching-thundermail-email-service-to-take-on-gmail-microsoft-365
#mozilla #thundermail #service #despair
Avec Thundermail, Mozilla veut répondre à Gmail, Proton Mail et les autres http://dlvr.it/TJwn1Q #Thundermail #Mozilla
If "AI in the browser" was of any true value to users, it would be shipped as an extension. Maybe a paid extension.
Then the market could decide its value.
Forcing it into the browser without consent is an admission that it does not provide users with value and could not survive without a heavy thumb on the scales.
@ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii Maybe had #Mozilla actually cared they could've convinced #Nokia to do #FirefoxOS and we'd not have the shitty #Duopoly of today, but as we all know the decisions were made by #TechIlliterate suits that are just #HornyForMoney"…
@ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen yes, and to add insult to injury #Mozilla didn't even wanted to sell people like @fuchsiii or me a #FirefoxOS device, with the only one being "launched" in the #EU being a #SimLock'd & #NetLock'd #prepaid phone in #Spain one could only attain in-store with all the "#KYC" nonsense they had, demanding a legal address in Spain back then.
So whilst Firefox OS had the most "#accessible" #Development #tools (literally using #Firefox for it and having every #App as #WebView|s / #HTML5+#JS5+#CSS3 files in a container), they didn't even sold us said devices, making it a worse flop than #UbuntuTouch which at least still gets some devices made that support it...
And #nerds like myself are far from the "#consoomer #Normies" for whom stuff that isn't on shelves at Staturn/MediaMarkt, BestBuy, Walmart, ... doesn't exist. I'm used to importing #tech that I want!
Feels even more half-assed than #MobileCoin in hindsight…
Cutting Mozilla Out of Firefox With a user js! https://youtu.be/EGluCuXPL48 #firefox #mozilla #privacy
Mozilla launching "Thundermail" email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365
Link: https://www.techradar.com/pro/mozilla-launching-thundermail-email-service-to-take-on-gmail-microsoft-365
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43560885
Mozilla Thunderbird Version 137.0 freigegeben
Dieses Mal hat sich der Donnervogel zwei Tage Zeit gelassen, bevor er den Feuerfuchs jagte: https://kantel.github.io/posts/2025040202_thunderbird_update/ #Mozilla #Thunderbird #Update #Security