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In the beginning the web was simple, connected,

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open, safe.

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Designed as a force for good

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it would become something far greater

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a living, breathing ecosystem

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in service of humanity

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a public resource for innovation

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and opportunity

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a place to build your DREAMS

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But in those early days,

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like any ecosystem,

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the web needed nurturing.

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As it grew, users faced new challenges.

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Popups. Viruses.

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A lack of choice.

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Walled gardens of content.

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The web was fraying.

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it was slow, complicated, scary.

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Users began to ask...

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is this it?

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or could the web be something BETTER?

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A small group of people

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coders, designers, idealists

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believed it could.

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They had an audacious idea.

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That a tiny non-profit and a global community

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could build something better

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and force new ideas and innovation on to the Web.

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They called it the Mozilla Project.

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They began by making a new kind of Web browser.

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What we know today as Firefox.

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And they made it a non-profit,

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so it would always put the people who use the web first.

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more than software, it was a platform that

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anyone could use to build on their ideas.

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The nuisances diminished.

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The foundations of the Web we know today

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began to appear

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the Web became a place where you can build almost

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anything you imagine

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As the web grew,

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our relationship to it changed

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Mobile devices let us take it anywhere, and everywhere

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We live in apps as well as browsers

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Now the web faces new challenges:

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closed platforms, privacy leaks, short-sighted government legislation,

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closed communities, limited choices...

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Our personal data is tracked everywhere we go, users are losing control...

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but it doesn't HAVE to be this way.

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Mozilla and Firefox exist to help people everywhere protect the Web we love,

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and to stand up for users in a world where choice and control are too often at risk.

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With Firefox Mobile and Firefox OS, Mozilla is making the web open and accessible for all.

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A place for innovation and creativity, and we're going beyond software...

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We're helping to build a generation of Webmakers,

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helping millions move from using the Web, to making the Web,

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learning together in a global community.

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And we're mobilizing people everywhere to fight for what matters to them on the Web:

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privacy, user choice, freedom, the chance to build the Web we want, together.

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We believe the Web is the place where everyone can come to build their dreams.

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You can help us build new products and programs,

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Protect the Web & grow Mozilla, because the Web is too VALUABLE NOT TO.

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join us

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