Jason Self on Nostr: On this day, 20 years ago, November 9, 2004, Firefox 1.0 was released. It was ...
On this day, 20 years ago, November 9, 2004, Firefox 1.0 was released. It was supposed to be the champion of a free and open web, a browser with a mission. But somewhere along the way, it lost its way, making compromises that sidelined user freedom and it became "the the little browser that couldn't."
https://jxself.org/little-browser.shtml #Firefox #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom
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