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Gary Vee is a notorious ~~grifter~~ NFT salesman with a checkered past.

Webacy is a cryptocurrency wallet "technology layer" that "provides security features" like password backup, "digital wills", etc.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

for fuck's sake mozilla

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So we are doing AI and Crypto, but shutting down Mozilla.social?

Cool. Cool, cool, cool, cool.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

This article was released in febuary 2023

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Jesus fucking Christ Mozilla..... You have one job.. Make a browser. Why the duck are you with Gary V, international man of stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Why would firefox deal with a known scammer?

I guess at the end of the day all of these entrepreneur are scammers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm trying to keep my faith in Mozilla, but fucking Gary Vee?????

[–] MonkCanatella 11 points 1 month ago

I was about to say, can we do some crypto bullshit instead of improving the browser? Love this move for mozilla

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mozilla, as always, late to the party.

Crypto and NFT scam were a thing long ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Crypto and NFT scam were a thing long ago.

So was this article :) Not that there ever was a party.

Luckily Firefox remained a fine browser throughout the crypto nonsense, so I'm hoping the same holds true when the next AI winter sets in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Even back in 2023 this was all old stuff … NFT scam was a big thing in 2021 and the crypto hype was a thing around 2013-2018. It’s both still there, but no-one really cares anymore as far as I can tell.

so I’m hoping the same holds true when the next AI winter sets in.

They are already sinking millions into the AI hype :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My guess is the Google deal is running out soon, and they're desperately throwing shit against the wall, hoping something will stick.
I still think you should be able to make a decently working browser with the money Mozilla's CEO earns alone.

[–] MonkCanatella 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Feb 7, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. Updated May 9, 2023 at 6:07 a.m.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

You all not only don’t read the article, the date published is right there in the URL