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> You realise how weird this sounds, right? Presumably you donate because you care about the Mozilla mission, and those ads are there because donations alone a
by eganist 6y ago
> You realise how weird this sounds, right? Presumably you donate because you care about the Mozilla mission, and those ads are there because donations alone aren't enough, and relying purely on Google's money is also not a great strategy. What do you want them to do, invent money out of thin air?
If Facebook made 32.03 per user last year, I think it's fair to say that Mozilla will probably do even better if they offer an ad-free subscription option for e.g. 36/y across their entire suite of services.
It's not weird to expect Mozilla to do their best to try and remain solvent.
- monsieurbanana 6y agoI'm afraid I'm understanding this correctly: Near 100% of Mozilla users would agree to get the $36/year subscription?
- eganist 6y ago> I'm afraid I'm understanding this correctly: > Near 100% of Mozilla users would agree to get the $36/year subscription? No, not at all. And I'm surprised at how many downvotes this is getting, but the basic concept is that at $36/y, each person paying that amount will assuredly be donating more to Mozilla than Mozilla would be making from ads on that user. I couldn't find any numbers on what Mozilla makes from ads, but I'd be surprised if it approached what Facebook makes per user.
- pmontra 6y agoNot at all. Most of them will do what everybody does when there are free (as in beer) alternatives: use the free one.