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Its pretty out there to expect to dictate a companies budget because you opted to buy a product from them. Will you only buy a big Mac if McDonalds commits the

• magduf 7y ago
  No, it's not really that "out there", you just don't see it because the vast majority of companies take the money you give them, and spend it on one of two things: 1) operations, or 2) shareholder dividends/profits/etc. (with most going to #1 for normal companies). Operations, of course, includes employee salaries, building rent, utilities, but also new development/R&D, advertising, etc. (I might not be using the totally correct business definition of "operations" here; bear with me.) Most companies do NOT spend a lot of money on things which do not help their bottom line or benefit (or return profit to) their shareholders. At best, they'll spend some token amount on some donation, in return for getting their name plastered on stuff, which in effect a form of advertising, just a better one than handing money to some media company for ad time or something, and creates something beneficial for the community (such as sponsoring a museum exhibit).
  • c256 7y ago
    Your analogy is off, because (for example) the OP specifically said that they didn’t want the money to be spent on other things Mozilla does even if those things generate more money for Firefox in the end. That’s the analogy for spending the money on rent or advertising, or building a ball pit (be it called Pocket or VPN) in order to bring in more users.
    • magduf 7y ago
      I thought he was implying Mozilla Foundation's outreach and advocacy programs.