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Same thought train like people claiming a protest march does nothing. You couldn't be more wrong. Making your opinion heard and showcasing how many people are with you has impact.
In fact, I'll turn your logic upside down: if your protest didn't get the result you wanted, you just didn't mobilize enough people (or not enough people cared for your cause)
A march moves past people physically. An online petition just stays contained in its little bubble.
Bollocks. For example in Germany, online petitions on a government run website that reach a certain threshold of people signing are automatically discussed in parliament.
And in the Firefox case here, no idea what they are planning but they could for example hand over the printed out signatures or dump them in the politicians post box or whatever. Have some fantasy.
This petition is hosted on Mozilla's website.
No, I'm just genuinely interested, that's it. No negativity.