@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk it's upsetting and I share your frustration 😞

There's something so wrong about it ultimately not respecting your choice.

Mozilla seems to have compromised its values. I don't think it's wrong to struggle with that. It reminds me of one of Karen Sandler's excellent talks on when to say no to funding:

We are fighting to make improvements in the areas that we think are so important, and if people think that that's important, they will get on board and help you find money, and help donate to you - and if they don't, well, you know, maybe it wasn't that important, and you'll have to find something else to do.

But, if you don't stay focused on that mission, and you're willing to compromise around the corner, you will never build trust for your organisation, you'll never be able to get the volunteers you need to keep going, and your funding will then constantly be on a downward spiral towards things that take you further afield from the reason you got started to begin with.

I feel the same about the forks. I really hope, with all the new browsers with real community involvement, that better days are ahead of us.