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Part of being CEO/running a business is considering all options, but it doesn't mean it will ever move beyond the ROI/risk phase. Ever read one of the risk assessments in a companies public filings? It's the same thing.




Finally, a situation besides “are we the baddies” where a Mitchell and Webb sketch is highly relevant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4J4uor3JE


Have you tried "Introduce AI summaries and kill the adblockers" ?

Part of being a CEO is also being the public face of the product, and knowing what to say and how.

On day one he’s put his appearance on the top of hacker news under “is Mozilla trying to kill himself?”.


All options that are in line with the organization’s mission.

The CEO of an organization like Mozilla even considering blocking adblockers for profit is like the president of Amnesty International considering to sell lists of dissidents to the secret police.


> The CEO of an organization like Mozilla even considering blocking adblockers for profit is like the president of Amnesty International considering to sell lists of dissidents to the secret police.

No, for Amnesty International it would be more like not considering somebody a political prisoner because the country that took the prisoner is a 1st world country and they don't want to expose themselves on a matter that would risk the donations from a certain population.

Yes, that happened in the aftermath of the Catalan attempt at peaceful independence in October 2017 by Amnesty International Spain.


But the secret police said they would "real good care" of those dissidents, while sliding double the money initially offered.

Yes, the problem is that it is considered an option at all. Are they running ROIs on harvesting passwords, blackmailing users and infecting all clients with malware?



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