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Please don't attack a straw-man. I agree with you: they are "searching for new hit products" -- that's in fact what I wrote above. But that's what profit-seekin

• pseudalopex 6y ago
  Sustainability means having the resources to compete with Google and not relying on Google for funding.
• TheRealPomax 6y ago
  > But that's what profit-seeking businesses do No, it isn't: it's what everyone has to do, because you need to make enough money to at the very least cover your expenses. Mozilla may be a non-profit, but being a non-profit does NOT mean "doesn't need to make money": they still have 750 employees that need to be paid, offices around the world that need rent paid (despite COVID), global infrastructure that needs to be paid for, SaaS for employees and contractors that collectively runs in the tens (if not more) of thousands of dollars a month, etc. etc. and that needs a sustainable revenue stream that isn't "hoping google will foot the bill". Right now they're losing 7-8 digits a year. Mozilla absolutely puts people before profit, but they sure as hell aren't going to put people before surviving. That would be idiotic: you can't further a mission by going bankrupt.