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		shrimp_emoji on May 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over... It's alluding to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_psychology For example, how https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker-Miller_pink is used in prisons to foster a less violent culture among the prisoners. "voices making the world a better place" is referring to Martin Luther King, Jr.

tedunangst on May 26, 2023 | [–]

I think it would have been better if they simply said "Firefox is now pink to make you a nicer person" so that more people could understand.

dingledork69 on May 26, 2023 | [–]

So they're conducting psy-ops on their users to manipulate them into behaving in a way that Mozilla decided is best? I'm a fan of Firefox, but that's bizarre.

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