I've often thought this myself. As I'm reluctant to donate money to Mozilla knowing they have a record of firing developers and splurging on executive salaries.

I've often thought this myself. As I'm reluctant to donate money to Mozilla knowing they have a record of firing developers and splurging on executive salaries. What if a fork was funded in a kickstarter like way, enough ideally to pay the salaries of the development team. I'd happily pay ~$20 per month knowing that the money was going where it should.