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Welcome to the Post-Naive Internet Era - Mozilla Foundation

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The grand idealism of the free and open internet might be over for now, but in its place falls a more practical mindset. Just like Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs are entering their “Hard Tech” era, the people building web alternatives are also entering their Post-Naive Era. Here are the names to know.

Building the culture we want requires a radical change in mindset, and action. The dream of a free and open Internet isn't dead—but in 2025, it's definitely more complicated. Published Oct. 15, 2025 We used to talk about the next era of the internet at dinner conversations; now we talk about technofeudalism, platform extractivism and the attention economy taking over every aspect of our lives. We talked about moving to peer-to-peer platforms in lieu of big tech social media; now we talk about burner phones and cleaning up our Instagram to be able to enter China or the U.S. We thought that web3

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