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So just disable it. I'm sick and tired of people smearing Firefox because they're trying to make a living. It's still the best open source browser out there, it

So just disable it. I'm sick and tired of people smearing Firefox because they're trying to make a living. It's still the best open source browser out there, it's still free, as in freedom and as in beer. Any fork of Firefox is mainly a change in default settings or branding. None of them would exist without the huge contributions Mozilla Foundation receive. People who criticize Firefox and then use one of its many forks, I'd like to tell them to just stop whining and appreciate what they have.

matheusmoreira 5y ago
How many millions do they make? How much of that money goes towards Firefox development?
- INTPenis 5y ago
  Good question, I actually went through their budget report a few days ago. I'm not from the states but they seem to be spending over 300 million dollars a year on developer salaries alone. And considering they're HQ'd in Silicon Valley I guess that's not so strange. The bulk of their income is from Google donating 450 million USD every year just to remain the default search choice. That shouldn't reflect poorly on Mozilla, it should make you question how Google can just throw 450 million dollars on remaining the default search choice in a browser with 1% market share. It should make you question the massive monopoly that is Google, not Mozilla who are struggling to make open source software for people.
chobytes 5y ago
They're choosing a very unethical, and (given their own ads) hypocritical funding model. The corporate speak euphemisms for this model signal the further underlying rot. To me your position reads analogous to "Im sick of people smearing organic produce corp for trying to make a living selling agent orange. If you dont like it dont buy it!"
- INTPenis 5y ago
  You're overreacting, it's not agent orange. It's a setting you can disable. It's also an open source browser with forks that disable the setting for you. But this is exactly why I feel Mozilla and Firefox deserve more respect. If we're free to fork their code, then any such decision from their part to keep their funding should be met with respect from the user base.

matheusmoreira 5y ago

How many millions do they make? How much of that money goes towards Firefox development?

INTPenis 5y ago
Good question, I actually went through their budget report a few days ago. I'm not from the states but they seem to be spending over 300 million dollars a year on developer salaries alone. And considering they're HQ'd in Silicon Valley I guess that's not so strange. The bulk of their income is from Google donating 450 million USD every year just to remain the default search choice. That shouldn't reflect poorly on Mozilla, it should make you question how Google can just throw 450 million dollars on remaining the default search choice in a browser with 1% market share. It should make you question the massive monopoly that is Google, not Mozilla who are struggling to make open source software for people.

chobytes 5y ago

They're choosing a very unethical, and (given their own ads) hypocritical funding model. The corporate speak euphemisms for this model signal the further underlying rot. To me your position reads analogous to "Im sick of people smearing organic produce corp for trying to make a living selling agent orange. If you dont like it dont buy it!"

INTPenis 5y ago
You're overreacting, it's not agent orange. It's a setting you can disable. It's also an open source browser with forks that disable the setting for you. But this is exactly why I feel Mozilla and Firefox deserve more respect. If we're free to fork their code, then any such decision from their part to keep their funding should be met with respect from the user base.