4mo ago

Thunderbird will not adopt the new terms from mozilla

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox (@thunderbird@mastodon.online)

We won't be adopting the Firefox Terms of Use for Thunderbird.

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title should read adopt*
- Ironic how the typo directly inverted the meaning.
  will not adopt = will not use the new Firefox terms
  will not adapt = will use the new Firefox terms exactly, without any rewording
  
  But with some minor changes, like Firefox -> Thunderbird.
  Btw, perfect use of "irony," it's so often misused.
- Lol my dyslexic brain read it as adopt anyways.
Well, IIRC, TB isn't developed by Mozilla. They just "host" it.
- Which is one more stupid thing from Mozilla. Imagine if, 10 years ago, they had made a combo of: Firefox, Thunderbird, email hosting, maybe some kind of online office thing and a drive, Sync... That could have been the ultimate productivity package for "Office" stuff inside one convenient subscription.
  Instead we now have Office 365, Google Docs, and nothing more.
  
  Add some better CEO/management to the mix, but yes.
  
  I want separate apps that are really good at what they do, not a bunch of apps that kinda work together and are just okay. So I would much rather they focus on one thing and services around it. Such as:
  online payments - make a way for me to compensate sites in lieu of ads
  secure storage - bookmarks, files, notes, all from the browser; or self host
  VPN integrated into the browser - exists
  Everything should be opt-in and privacy centered, and all of that can be browser extensions.
  
  Don't give them subscription ideas, even mentioning subscriptions is dangerous!
  
  Nextcloud 😃 we have many nextcloud hosters
  It is all that
  
  LibreOffice: “I’m right here”
  
  So a bit like extending Mozilla Application Suite aka Seamonkey instead of focusing on standalone products?
- They do. Well, I should say Thunderbird is also under the Foundation, but is developed by a separate subsidiary Corp (MZLA Tech Corp) than Firefox (Mozilla Corp).
Finally some good news

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