That said, if we're trying to hinge our discussion on moderation, anyone who plays CS knows players to this day can utter the most reprehensible, racist garbage and expect no punishment. There is a reason Valorant, in comparison, has an incredibly diverse gender pool. I've heard from plenty of women about how "enjoyable" it is to use voice chat in CS.

This also doesn't even touch on Valve's role in gambling addiction...

I still stand by my original statement as it was intended.

Examples range from the quality of their patch notes, dev articles and videos, to their constant presence on reddit, and willingness to walk back decisions based on public outcry (Hextech Chests, League Classic monetization, etc).

Heck, after Riot gave up on Hytale, they were willing to sell the IP and assets back to the original creator while providing extremely generous severance packages for the entire team. I genuinely don't think any of the other companies you listed would have done the same.

That said, the takeaways from this report are exciting, and I do feel that Mozilla now has the right lens in their assessment of OSS AI and their own approach to ensuring interoperability and setting open, modern standards.

I've also become sympathetic to their AI strategy. They don't seem delusional in their approach. They're not building models or selling slop, they're building OSS compatibility layers.

I don't want to see a world of vertically locked AI, so if Mozilla truly can dust off the old playbook for OSS AI, we'll all be better off for it.

Ultimately, I tolerate Android from a privacy standpoint because we're still able to fully modify our devices and use open-source app sources. The minute that goes away (and it feels like Google isn't as tolerant of it anymore), I go.

On my Linux laptop, I confess to manually Googling them every time.

I would still like to see Proton fork Firefox and operate their own browser once they've matured further.

Firefox is also the only open alternative to Chromium at the moment, so I prefer to endorse it instead.

Aside from that, they've just about cut all other initiatives aside from "Firefox and AI". The latter gives me pause, but hopefully they really are more focused moving forward.

I think Mozilla has done alright, but I agree the folks is in charge of their business direction and especially PR are abysmal. Personally, I wish a company like Proton was at the helm.

Cast is a bit more cumbersome. There is fx_cast on GitHub, but it requires a companion app. Firefox seems to want to add cast based on a flag you used to be able to enable, but I'm guessing there are some restrictions from Google's end they ran into.

- Use Firefox with Ublock Origin and BypassPaywallsClean to avoid ads and Paywalls. - Use ReVanced to patch your YouTube APK to disable ads, add SponsorBlock to avoid in-video ads, etc. ReVanced can also patch all major social media apps to remove all ads. - Use OSS apps to avoid ads or get extra functionality. I use OuterTune for free music, Aliucord/Revenge for a better Discord client, etc.

I never get YouTube ads (plus I have SponsorBlock among other features), I get no ads or paywalls on my browser (which support Ublock Origin and BypassPaywallsClean), none of my social media apps have ads and most are open source clients, etc.

I haven't seen a single ad on my phone in ages, and that's why I can't part with Android (for now).