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Orbit by Mozilla (orbitbymozilla.com)
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[-] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

why are they promoting web-based mail when their email solution is thunderbird?

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

Thunderbird is more a community project that's outside of Mozilla's jurisdiction at this point

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago

Thunderbird is built by a for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, it just isn’t the Mozilla Corporation.

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Thunderbird is an independent, community-driven project that is managed and overseen by the Thunderbird Council, which is elected by the Thunderbird Community.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird

No. It's not.

Edit: sort of is, under a subsidiary called MZLA but still seems more independent from mozilla and their shenanigans (I hope)

[-] geography082@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

Wiki truth

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

What’s the sentence before that one?

Here, read the latest news: https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-moves-to-monetize-thunderbird-transfers-project-to-new-subsidiary/

Never wondered why Thunderbird donations aren’t tax deductible?

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

OK... Now what actionable thing can I do with this info? Use outlook? What good would that do?

I want firefox to exist to create a good browser and thunderbird to exist for a good email client. Is that too much to ask?

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I don’t think you need to do anything different. Sometimes when I learn new things I say “oh, interesting.”

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

Fair nuff. Sometimes it's just overwhelming getting information of something I can't do anything by. Like oh great another thing that's going wrong rn... Woo hoo

[-] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 4 weeks ago

You could switch to KMail, which is developed by the KDE community, organised in KDE e.V., an actual registered non-profit.
Or Evolution, developed by the GNOME project, organised in the GNOME foundation, another registered non-profit.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

That said, GNOME has close ties to IMB/RedHat, so use that info however you see fit.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 1 points 4 weeks ago

Every big open source project now has ties to one corporation or another.
Linux isn't a hobby project of a few hackers anymore.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yup, but some, like Linux, has a good assortment of corporate backers, instead of one massive org.

Pick your poison I guess, but at the end of the day, as long as it's FOSS, it can be forked if necessary.

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