Why “Mozilla” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
If we can develop projects on the scale of the Linux kernel and multiple programming languages, we can likely develop Gecko in a similar manner. It won't be as easy, but the exp…
by lenerdenator · Oct 2, 2026
Mozilla has grown very fat and lazy over the past decade+ of receiving the big checks from Google, very little of what they do is actually trying to compete in the market, and m…
by KetoManx64 · Oct 2, 2026
Kinda. I use VPN most of the time. My work requires it, and I like Mozilla VPN for personal privacy. (Note: it has ad blocking DNS built in which is nice!) I occasionally get bl…
by not_a_bot_4sho · Oct 2, 2026
You may be right, but I'm not sure we actually have strong evidence for that. Mozilla has run like a bigtech firm for so long that it's not really clear whether the open-source…
by swiftcoder · Oct 2, 2026
It's not just that. It's that they propped up a hapless, ineffectual competitor so that it can point free software enthusiasts to when they bring up browsers. Every conversation…
by someotherperson · Oct 2, 2026
Mozilla had something called Solo AI website creator ?
by m4rtink · Oct 2, 2026
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Mozilla is a free software community founded in 1998 by members of Netscape. The Mozilla community uses, develops, publishes, and supports Mozilla products, thereby promoting free software and open standards. The community is supported institutionally by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation and its tax-paying subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. Read more on Wikipedia