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[-] waka@feddit.de 30 points 1 year ago

Signal uses donations to keep running. That's one of the reasons why they don't need to do this kind of crap. Kinda like Firefox.

It's sad to see that slowly but surely the Internet gets divided into the more and more useless giant sector and the free and open sector, which just doesn't get the attention it needs to be attractive enough for most to switch over. And then there's also this weird shadow area where I often hear those pirate chanties from...

[-] FoxBJK@midwest.social 43 points 1 year ago

Firefox wants to rely on donations but in reality 90% of their funding comes from an advertising company.

[-] waka@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

Damn, I didn't know that. Now I'm sad.

[-] FoxBJK@midwest.social 30 points 1 year ago

Talk to anyone who works for a nonprofit. It’s really hard to find enough donors sometimes. You end up relying on a few really rich people because most of the community can only donate a couple bucks.

If every Firefox user donated $4 per year they’d be a billion dollar company and wouldn’t need Google’s deal

[-] waka@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

That's just sad. I hope my ~20$ a year that I donate to a few of my most needed OSS-projects are helping somewhat.

[-] YoungPrinceAmmon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Google they mean

[-] amju_wolf@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

Firefox doesn't even accept donations. Mozilla Foundation does, which is a related nonprofit, but it crucially does not fund any firefox development and legally cannot do so.

[-] afunkysongaday@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

What, related nonprofit that can not legally fund Firefox development? What are you talking about? It's literally developed by them.

Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.

Wiki.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you should look up what Mozilla Corporation is and who employs those Firefox developers.

Mozilla Foundation owns the trademarks and runs the infrastructure. Firefox developers are employed by for-profit Mozilla Corporation.

PS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia

[-] amju_wolf@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

Yep... And you can't donate to Firefox development. You'll only fund the nonprofit and its goals, the money doesn't go to Mozilla Corporation who do the actual development.

[-] soulifix@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

And almost no firefox user wants to admit that, among the other things Firefox is flawed for. But, "IT'S NOT GOOGLE" is their only rationale.

[-] capacitor@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

Not being chromium based is quite a big deal, however.

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