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State of Mozilla: Introduction from Mitchell Baker, Chair
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Mozilla's mission is to ensure that the Internet remains open
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interoperable and respects user sovereignty.
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We do this by building software that puts people in control of their digital lives, like Firefox.
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We do this by empowering a global community of people who volunteer to champion these efforts.
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Internet life is changing.
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We're connecting through more devices. We're living in apps as well as browsers.
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We're interacting with friends and followers and acquaintances.
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We can experience the web through a highly personal, highly customized lens.
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The challenges ahead of us are very real.
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Mobile platforms are more closed and more centralized than we've seen in decades.
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As individuals we're losing the ability to act on the web
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without permission from large, centralized gatekeepers.
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We're all being tracked, logged, cataloged,
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monetized and turned into products to be sold.
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We're seeing the univeral platform of the web fragmenting back into multiple different worlds.
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As the Internet experience is changing, Mozilla too is changing.
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The products and tools that we use to advance our mission are expanding and evolving.
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A browser is necessary but not sufficient.
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Equally important is expanding the number of people
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who understand our values and identify as Mozillians.
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Mozilla has both the challenge and the opportunity
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to expand our reach dramatically.
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We have the ability to bring our values to life in new ways
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Embracing these opportunities means embracing change,
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embracing hope and embracing determination.
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This is how we will continue to give people ultimate authority over their digital lives.
