"Shouldn't we consider it a giant, massive red flag that you need a corporation backing you to maintain one of the most critical pieces of web software?" Yes.

"Shouldn't we consider it a giant, massive red flag that you need a corporation backing you to maintain one of the most critical pieces of web software?" Yes. Interestingly Mozilla Foundation is not asking for donations. Mozilla Corporation is selling traffic to ad-supported search engines, and profiting handsomely. Instead they are asking for user cooperation in their experiments. Why not create a different breed of browser that does not expose users to advertising. Profit motive? Let users support it with donations. This should be the mission.