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> needs a corporation's backing behind it (or a government's) You touch on an interesting point, maybe Firefox should be soliciting donations from governments
by eberkund 9y ago
> needs a corporation's backing behind it (or a government's)
You touch on an interesting point, maybe Firefox should be soliciting donations from governments who are concerned about the US surveillance state instead of relying so heavily on search ad revenue and being forced to turn to things like this to make a buck.
- fnl 9y agoNo offense, but "like, China?" I don't see how involving government(s) and therefore politicising the whole thing is going to make the situation any better. Even if it were support from a government you (but others not) would find acceptable.
- scrollaway 9y agoTOR is funded by the government, among others (others including Mozilla, heh). https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en Although they should probably not be in charge of the actual development, is it really crazy to think that Firefox could be funded by governments? At some point it is a public service.