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I can't understand why they still didn't put a "Support Mozilla" prompt anywhere.

by xyzal 6y ago

speedgoose 6y ago
I'm guessing the expected incomes are not high enough to compensate the impact on the brand.
bzb6 6y ago
When you donate to Mozilla the money doesn’t go to the betterment of the Firefox browser.
- dorfsmay 6y ago
  Correct. I wish a fund were created for Firefox, like the one for Thunderbird. I'd love to give towards Firefox but have no desire to fund Mozilla mismanagement.
  - dblohm7 6y ago
    Your best options are: * Use Firefox; * Consider Pocket Premium; * Subscribe to Mozilla VPN.
    - skinkestek 6y ago
      Does Pocket Premium go directly to Firefox? If so I'm probably in (even if I don't use Pocket :-) Firefox VPN isn't available for me yet.
      - jamienicol 6y ago
        It goes to the Mozilla corporation and will therefore mostly fund Firefox/Gecko, but also pocket, VPN etc
- paleogizmo 6y ago
  I was of the impression that Mozilla had shed their side projects in the face of dwindling money from Google. Is that still not the case? I am willing to donate to Mozilla in spite of their mismanagement given that we are creeping ever closer to another browser monopoly. Ignoring bad financial decisions, Firefox is a good product and I've been using it exclusively on PC since Quantum came out. I feel that people here hold Mozilla to some impossibly high standards and turn it into outrage porn. I mean, I don't see top-ranked comments on HN about threatening to stop using Chrome because of whatever sleazy thing Google did last.
IshKebab 6y ago
It would be complicated due to Mozilla's structure. Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit that owns the for-profit Mozilla Corporation. You can donate to the foundation but they can't use the money for Firefox. But the fundamental reason is that donations are only ever going to be a drop in the ocean. Google gives them $400m/year. Mozilla Foundation donations are like $3m/year. Even Wikipedia donations are only about $100m/year and they have way more users and push really hard.
- abdullahkhalids 6y ago
  What's preventing the Mozilla Corporation from selling "e-merchandise", like a sequence of themes for $1, $5, $10, $100, etc, to raise money?
  - IshKebab 6y ago
    Probably nothing, but again I suspect they don't bother because it would be a drop in the ocean and certainly not worth the "Mozilla is selling out!" backlash you'd get from the sort of people that use Firefox.

I can't understand why they still didn't put a "Support Mozilla" prompt anywhere.

by xyzal 6y ago

I can't understand why they still didn't put a "Support Mozilla" prompt anywhere.

speedgoose 6y ago

I'm guessing the expected incomes are not high enough to compensate the impact on the brand.

bzb6 6y ago

When you donate to Mozilla the money doesn’t go to the betterment of the Firefox browser.

dorfsmay 6y ago
Correct. I wish a fund were created for Firefox, like the one for Thunderbird. I'd love to give towards Firefox but have no desire to fund Mozilla mismanagement.
- dblohm7 6y ago
  Your best options are: * Use Firefox; * Consider Pocket Premium; * Subscribe to Mozilla VPN.
  - skinkestek 6y ago
    Does Pocket Premium go directly to Firefox? If so I'm probably in (even if I don't use Pocket :-) Firefox VPN isn't available for me yet.
    - jamienicol 6y ago
      It goes to the Mozilla corporation and will therefore mostly fund Firefox/Gecko, but also pocket, VPN etc
paleogizmo 6y ago
I was of the impression that Mozilla had shed their side projects in the face of dwindling money from Google. Is that still not the case? I am willing to donate to Mozilla in spite of their mismanagement given that we are creeping ever closer to another browser monopoly. Ignoring bad financial decisions, Firefox is a good product and I've been using it exclusively on PC since Quantum came out. I feel that people here hold Mozilla to some impossibly high standards and turn it into outrage porn. I mean, I don't see top-ranked comments on HN about threatening to stop using Chrome because of whatever sleazy thing Google did last.

IshKebab 6y ago

It would be complicated due to Mozilla's structure. Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit that owns the for-profit Mozilla Corporation. You can donate to the foundation but they can't use the money for Firefox. But the fundamental reason is that donations are only ever going to be a drop in the ocean. Google gives them $400m/year. Mozilla Foundation donations are like $3m/year. Even Wikipedia donations are only about $100m/year and they have way more users and push really hard.

abdullahkhalids 6y ago
What's preventing the Mozilla Corporation from selling "e-merchandise", like a sequence of themes for $1, $5, $10, $100, etc, to raise money?
- IshKebab 6y ago
  Probably nothing, but again I suspect they don't bother because it would be a drop in the ocean and certainly not worth the "Mozilla is selling out!" backlash you'd get from the sort of people that use Firefox.