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Exiting news for the lady bird browser. https://ladybird.org/

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[-] angelmountain@feddit.nl 7 points 4 months ago

#1 sponsor is Shopify, how does that affect the indepentness?

[-] Hominine@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago

How can you be "independent" if you have sponsors? All sponsorships are in the form of unrestricted donations. Board seats and other forms of influence are not for sale.

..per the FAQ.

[-] refalo@programming.dev 17 points 4 months ago

influence exists whether they want it to or not.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago

Exactly. When the person who holds your purse strings decides they don't like something, they can influence you by simply... taking away your financial backing.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

True but you can account for that in the organization

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago

Why are we shouting?

As long as it doesn't become a way for Shopify to shovel ads and collect data it isn't a problem. We will watch with great interest

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Your client is interpreting "#1..." as "# 1..." and making it a title

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