Continuing the discussion from Remove Skiff : I think clearly there is some need to define a criteria to weed out technically proficient products that secretly aren’t in it for the long-term. There are of course many examples of this: Skiff, Keybase, Ello , Krypt[.]co, etc. The problem is of course w…

Lurker here, but for my money, if the best privacy service is backed by VC funds, it is what it is. I feel the problem is that Skiff was VC backed and didn’t offer anything that existing recommendations couldn’t do. There shouldn’t be a blanket ban on VC, but if there’s an equivalent service that’s …

There’s also something to be said for gut feeling. The whole thread was sketchy af. It was really uncomfortable how pushy they were. I agree. They were very insistent, not to say oppressive, which struck me at the time as rather… suspicious. Also, when they were proposed, they didn’t even have …

Why not delist Tuta for Way worse marketing against Proton Sketchy claims when German govt ordered them to insert backdoor Honeypot testimony

Mozilla is a joke. The CEO made $7m last year while their products languished. Firefox In Peril While Mozilla Rewards CEO

Tech CEOs usually make more so it’s not really a problem Mozilla alone can fix. If they paid their CEOs less, they’d be left with someone less competent.

Efforts must be made to create defined guidelines of a more composite nature. While not outright disqualifying VC funding, the guidelines must detail an additional set of more stringent conditions before approving said service.

@jonah and @dngray , I think there is another important discussion to be had besides the whole VC funding criteria. What about the plethora of examples of shady marketing of Skiff discussed in the remove skiff thread both before, under and after the admission on PG. I think this needs to be reflect…

Never trust Silicon Valley tech bro startup companies. They’re not companies that are created to make a long-lasting product and solve real problems. Those startups are intended to and will make an exit or they fail. There is not really much of an in-between with those type of companies. Startups ar…

[image] Satoshi: Never trust Silicon Valley tech bro startup companies. They’re not companies that are created to make a long-lasting product and solve real problems. Those startups are intended to and will make an exit or they fail. There is not really much of an in-between with those type of c…

[image] TorLover9: Brave has very sketchy ownership Brave - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding and tons more investors. I don’t think this warrants removal though With all the shit they’ve pulled (crypto referral hijacking, etc), I don’t think brave should be a recommendation in an ideal s…

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jonah (Jonah Aragon) February 12, 2024, 5:47am 127

I extremely strongly disagree @anon21666177, however, this Mozilla discussion is off-topic here. Maybe you all should take it to this thread: Mitchell Baker steps down as CEO of Mozilla Corporation

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