Post #1885328
2026-04-28 18:34 UTC
Replies (5)
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@trampinheavy@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 19:23
@hbons@mastodon.social I wish it would stop
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@ninjadodo@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-28 21:01
@hbons@mastodon.social Don't think this is much different from having Meta, Google or Adobe as a sponsor which they've had for a long time and hasn't changed a thing.
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@nettings@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 22:41
@hbons@mastodon.social Well, i would say take some of their money back while supplies last.
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@adamsaidsomething@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 23:56
@hbons@mastodon.social Or to use an analogy that actually happened: "Today spyware adtech vendor Avast joins the Tor Project as corporate sponsor"
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@rsn@framapiaf.org 2026-04-29 10:29
@hbons@mastodon.social I had the same feeling. But this is immediate reaction. I then tend to rely on my thoughts. We need to get the money back. Previous examples are questionable (avast/tor etc) but in the end, the question is whether we manage to stay independent and how we resist against sponsor influence. Sure this is risky. Google money to Mozilla probably was a to big dependency. So if the opportunistic organization is transparent enough, maybe we can keep granting them trust and support them.