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I feel for everyone who will lose their job here. That's never a pleasant thing, particularly so in current circumstances. Notwithstanding that though - and w

I feel for everyone who will lose their job here. That's never a pleasant thing, particularly so in current circumstances. Notwithstanding that though - and with no disrespect to anyone being laid off - I'm actually really encouraged by this. The key quote from the announcement is this one: "Furthermore, Mozilla's contract with Google to include Google as the default search provider inside Firefox is set to expire later this year, and the contract has not been renewed." Mozilla's reliance on Google is a major detraction from delivering privacy-focused products. I've said before, and I'll say again: I'd gladly pay a fee for Firefox if it meant (a) it was funding the product so that (b) there was no need for them to peddle in surveillance. I really wish Mozilla all the best. Commit to provacy, show me where to pay and I'll gladly sign up. -- I'm aware they accept donations and have already donated. But that's different from paid-for products.

wtetzner 6y ago
I would also happily pay for Firefox. I'm not sure if it would be better or worse for the browser though, in terms of market share. If they don't charge for it, hopefully they can cover costs with other paid services, like their VPN service. Honestly, it would be great if Mozilla could provide privacy focused cloud services like storage, email, etc. I'd gladly pay for it, knowing they are not interested in collecting my information.
- mulmen 6y ago
  How long do you think Mozilla can resist the temptation to monetize your data? Personally I prefer they don't try to run these services because the concentration of data is too much of a temptation for anyone. You already have email and storage options. Mozilla just needs to offer a way to pay for Firefox directly.
syshum 6y ago
They need to get back to their roots of fighting for the user, open access, open standards, and privacy The last few years, imo, they have been chasing market share by trying to play follow the leader with Google which have turned off a few major power users which was their core base This is with out getting into some of the political based initiatives we have seen over the last few years as well

wtetzner 6y ago

I would also happily pay for Firefox. I'm not sure if it would be better or worse for the browser though, in terms of market share. If they don't charge for it, hopefully they can cover costs with other paid services, like their VPN service. Honestly, it would be great if Mozilla could provide privacy focused cloud services like storage, email, etc. I'd gladly pay for it, knowing they are not interested in collecting my information.

mulmen 6y ago
How long do you think Mozilla can resist the temptation to monetize your data? Personally I prefer they don't try to run these services because the concentration of data is too much of a temptation for anyone. You already have email and storage options. Mozilla just needs to offer a way to pay for Firefox directly.

syshum 6y ago

They need to get back to their roots of fighting for the user, open access, open standards, and privacy The last few years, imo, they have been chasing market share by trying to play follow the leader with Google which have turned off a few major power users which was their core base This is with out getting into some of the political based initiatives we have seen over the last few years as well