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Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

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Re: Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

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Post by gonational »

Real talk, Mozilla; would you be interested in funding a privacy-oriented fork of Firefox with all the unnecessary extras (Pocket, etc.) stripped out?

I’m thinking something just like Firefox, except unencumbered by Google or other corporate affiliations, etc.

I think this would be the best first step towards any kind of “fixing the Internet”.

Re: Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

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Post by fabrice_d »

est31 wrote: post #9
hartator wrote: post #7

I thought Mozilla was a non-profit fundation?

There is Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. The foundation owns the corporation.

Mitchel is now the CEO of Mozilla Corp (https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/04/08/mitchell-baker-name...)

Re: Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

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Post by est31 »

fabrice_d wrote: post #12
est31 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. The foundation owns the corporation.

Mitchel is now the CEO of Mozilla Corp ( https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/04/08/mitchell-baker-name... )

Thanks for pointing it out. Seems she's also still foundation chair so the two can't be differentiated by their leadership. I've edited my comment to remove the mentions.

Re: Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

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Post by snazz »

gonational wrote: post #11

Real talk, Mozilla; would you be interested in funding a privacy-oriented fork of Firefox with all the unnecessary extras (Pocket, etc.) stripped out? I’m thinking something just like Firefox, except unencumbered by Google or other corporate affiliations, etc. I think this would be the best first step towards any kind of “fixing the Internet”.

This would benefit the couple of people who use that fork of Firefox, but would have no effect on every other Internet user. It's impossible for Mozilla to fund anything "unencumbered by Google or other corporate affiliations" when so much of their money comes from Google.

Re: Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

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Post by [deleted] »

gonational wrote: post #11

Real talk, Mozilla; would you be interested in funding a privacy-oriented fork of Firefox with all the unnecessary extras (Pocket, etc.) stripped out? I’m thinking something just like Firefox, except unencumbered by Google or other corporate affiliations, etc. I think this would be the best first step towards any kind of “fixing the Internet”.

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Re: Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

#16

Post by kristopolous »

lightninglu10 wrote: post #4
kristopolous wrote: post #2

I missed this... Is there still an opportunity, anyone know?

hey @kristopolous! yes we are JUST starting our new summer program. Applications are due June 5th. https://builders.mozilla.community/ LMK if you have any questions!

Great! thanks.

Re: Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

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Post by Stoner »

Hey everyone, my team is in Mozilla's ”fix-the-internet” MVP Lab right now.

We're working on Vngle, a decentralized grassroots news network combatting news deserts across America. We're working in Georgia now and will be moving to other states soon.

Sign up to stay updated at Vngle.com or follow us on social @VngleStories. https://www.instagram.com/VngleStories/

Re: Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup early-stage investments

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Post by mmayo »

gonational wrote: post #11

Real talk, Mozilla; would you be interested in funding a privacy-oriented fork of Firefox with all the unnecessary extras (Pocket, etc.) stripped out? I’m thinking something just like Firefox, except unencumbered by Google or other corporate affiliations, etc. I think this would be the best first step towards any kind of “fixing the Internet”.

I'm not really speaking for "Mozilla" because what does that even mean? But as one of the folks doing this summer program for Mozilla, I can say 100% we'd be excited to see a good application around this. There's a bunch of great browsers out there, most based on Chromium, but we're all pretty tied up with search as the only way to fund. Brave's made a step away from that, which is cool. I'd love to see more attempts at browsers with different funding models. If you have an idea and at least, say, the beginnings of a small team who could execute, we're available to provide feedback before you submit an application. thx!
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