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So just use Mullvad instead. For those who want to support Mozilla's efforts, this is a good way of doing it. Think of your extra $5 as a sort of donation to th

• dweekly 5y ago
  A $5 donation is at least tax deductible and comes with less overhead for the foundation to process.
  • gruez 5y ago
    But firefox is developed by mozilla corporation, and donations to mozilla foundation doesn't fund firefox development. It goes to various advocacy/activism causes.
    • Shish2k 5y ago
      Does mozilla corporation income necessarily go to firefox development though? (I worry that foundation income goes to activism and corporation income goes to the CEO’s pockets...)
      • boomboomsubban 5y ago
        While executives earn money like at any company, most of their budget is spent on Firefox. 2% of the Mozilla Corporation revenue goes back to the Mozilla Foundation.
        • pbhjpbhj 5y ago
          That downplays the remuneration of the principle Moz exec considerably AIUI. Mitchell Baker's remuneration from Moz was >$2M last I heard (a few years back [see eg https://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html https://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html]), I can only assume it's more now. There was also a report Baker had a >$1M "stipend" (uncharitably a bung) from Google, though I've been unable to refute/corroborate it.
          • boomboomsubban 5y ago
            The last report is from 2017 I believe, a year when Mozilla's revenue hit an all time high $562 million. I personally doubt her salary is as high, despite her promotion and I believe the overall decrease in amount of executives that accompanied it. Seriously, "Chair pay is .5% of revenue" seems fair. And I haven't heard this "bung" rumor but Mozilla's revenue and usage were shrinking long before Baker became CEO in late 2019.
            • pbhjpbhj 5y ago
              Personally I find the idea of a charity begging for cash whilst simultaneously paying outrageously large amounts of money to execs to be immoral. My limit on reasonable salary is 5 times the UK median graduate salary. If ".5% of revenue is reasonable" surely there's no excuse not to increase salaries of everyone working for a company -- pay everyone ludicrous sums as each salary is small! IIRC studies have shown exec salary doesn't correlate with increased company success, why should revenue come into it.
              • boomboomsubban 5y ago
                The Mozilla Corporation isn't a charity, none of the donated money goes towards their salary. And their revenue is directly tied to a specific deal that the executives negotiated to get over $100 million per year more than their previous deal. They negotiated that despite the years of decreasing users your link showed. As for the rest, I also dislike standard corporate practices but Mozilla is more or less forced to follow them to compete at all in this world.
                • pbhjpbhj 5y ago
                  Do you really think Moz couldn't find someone to competently lead it for less than $2M? For an average USA engineering manager's salary, say?
                  • boomboomsubban 5y ago