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While donating to Mozilla Foundation is a great cause [1], none of those funds go to funding Mozilla Corporation, and thus Firefox. If you want your funds to g
by dblohm7 6y ago
While donating to Mozilla Foundation is a great cause [1], none of those funds go to funding Mozilla Corporation, and thus Firefox.
If you want your funds to go toward MoCo (and thus Firefox development), your best bet is to subscribe to Mozilla VPN or Pocket Premium.
[1] https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/initiatives/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/initiatives/
- skyfaller 6y agoWhat does the Mozilla Foundation do if it doesn't develop Firefox? What do they spend their money on?
- dom96 6y agoThe salary of their senior employees[1] 1 - https://twitter.com/withoutboats/status/1217558588857544704 https://twitter.com/withoutboats/status/1217558588857544704
- dx87 6y ago"The not-for-profit Mozilla Foundation supports open-source apps, web literacy curriculum, gender equality in tech and more." Found on https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
- dblohm7 6y agohttps://foundation.mozilla.org/en/initiatives/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/initiatives/
- staktrace 6y agoMoney is fungible and dollars are dollars. Donating money to the Foundation means less of the Corporation's dollars have to go to supporting the Foundation (which they do via dividend payments), and so more of the Corporation's dollars go to Firefox.
- dblohm7 6y agoI don't disagree with your concept in theory, but I also don't think there is any evidence to suggest that MoCo's trademark royalty payments (as IIRC that's how they are structured according the financial docs) to MoFo are adjusted based on MoFo's donations. Has that been mentioned in a meeting somewhere?
- staktrace 6y ago(301 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24122250 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24122250)