WEBVTT 00:00:00.646 --> 00:00:04.653 In the beginning the web was simple, connected NOTE Paragraph 00:00:04.653 --> 00:00:06.846 open, safe 00:00:06.968 --> 00:00:09.333 designed as a force for good 00:00:09.460 --> 00:00:12.025 it would become something far greater 00:00:12.025 --> 00:00:13.882 a living, breathing ecosystem 00:00:13.882 --> 00:00:15.675 in service of humanity 00:00:15.675 --> 00:00:17.762 a public resource for innovation 00:00:17.762 --> 00:00:19.331 and opportunity. 00:00:19.331 --> 00:00:21.674 A place to build your dreams. 00:00:21.674 --> 00:00:23.379 But in those early days, 00:00:23.379 --> 00:00:25.060 like any ecosystem, 00:00:25.060 --> 00:00:26.060 the web needed nurturing. 00:00:26.060 --> 00:00:29.511 As it grew, users faced new challenges. 00:00:29.511 --> 00:00:32.403 Popups. Viruses. 00:00:32.403 --> 00:00:34.549 A lack of choice. 00:00:34.549 --> 00:00:37.171 Walled gardens of content. 00:00:37.171 --> 00:00:38.646 The web was fraying. 00:00:38.646 --> 00:00:42.506 it was slow, complicated, scary. 00:00:42.506 --> 00:00:44.311 Users began to ask... 00:00:44.311 --> 00:00:46.013 is this it? 00:00:46.013 --> 00:00:47.948 or could the web be something better? 00:00:47.948 --> 00:00:50.168 A small group of people 00:00:50.168 --> 00:00:52.603 coders, designers, idealists 00:00:52.603 --> 00:00:54.655 believed it could. 00:00:54.655 --> 00:00:56.379 They had an audacious idea. 00:00:56.379 --> 00:00:59.058 That a tiny non-profit and a global community 00:00:59.058 --> 00:01:01.230 could build something better 00:01:01.230 --> 00:01:05.070 and force new ideas and innovation on to the Web. 00:01:05.070 --> 00:01:08.297 They called it the Mozilla project. 00:01:08.297 --> 00:01:11.487 They began by making a new kind of Web browser. 00:01:11.487 --> 00:01:14.135 What we know today as Firefox. 00:01:14.135 --> 00:01:15.417 And they made it a non-profit, 00:01:15.417 --> 00:01:20.044 so it would always put the people who use the web first. 00:01:20.044 --> 00:01:22.274 more than software, it was a platform that 00:01:22.274 --> 00:01:26.143 anyone could use to build on their ideas. 00:01:26.143 --> 00:01:27.664 The nuisances diminished. 00:01:27.664 --> 00:01:30.125 The foundations of the Web we know today 00:01:30.125 --> 00:01:31.762 began to appear 00:01:31.762 --> 00:01:34.552 Now the Web is a place where you can build almost 00:01:34.552 --> 00:01:37.157 anything you can imagine 00:01:37.157 --> 00:01:38.677 Mozilla and Firefox 00:01:38.677 --> 00:01:42.261 exist to help people everywhere seize this opportunity 00:01:42.261 --> 00:01:46.085 and to stand up for users in a world where choice and control 00:01:46.085 --> 00:01:49.484 are too often at risk. 00:01:49.484 --> 00:01:52.256 But what if Firefox was just the beginning? 00:01:52.256 --> 00:01:55.681 What if it was part of something bigger? 00:01:55.681 --> 00:01:58.070 From user privacy to Firefox Mobile, 00:01:58.070 --> 00:02:00.330 to apps and identity, 00:02:00.330 --> 00:02:03.289 we're pushing the boundaries of the web every day. 00:02:03.289 --> 00:02:05.717 And we are going beyond software. 00:02:05.717 --> 00:02:09.513 We're helping to build a generation of web makers. 00:02:09.513 --> 00:02:12.189 we believe the web is a place where anyone 00:02:12.189 --> 00:02:14.648 can come to build their dreams. 00:02:14.648 --> 00:02:16.866 It's why we make Firefox. 00:02:16.866 --> 00:02:20.781 It's why tens of thousands of volunteers help build our products. 00:02:20.781 --> 00:02:24.607 It's why hundreds of millions around the world use our software 00:02:24.607 --> 00:02:28.393 But most importantly -- it's why we always put you first, 00:02:28.393 --> 00:02:31.389 and stand up to those who don't. 00:02:31.389 --> 00:02:34.064 millions know us for Mozilla Firefox. 00:02:34.064 --> 00:02:36.689 But we are about so much more. 00:02:36.689 --> 00:02:37.988 We are a non-profit 00:02:37.988 --> 00:02:41.812 fighting to protect the web we all love. 00:02:41.812 --> 00:02:44.936 Join us - we need your support. 00:02:44.936 --> 00:02:47.346 Make a donation today.