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They already do spend a lot of money on marketing. The issue is they spend a lot of money to market that they value privacy and then their actions show otherwis

They already do spend a lot of money on marketing. The issue is they spend a lot of money to market that they value privacy and then their actions show otherwise. I also think having Canonical aquire them would be a terrible decision. They need to spend less money on marketing and more on developing what they claim to support.

wolverine876 5y ago
How much do they spend on marketing? > market that they value privacy and then their actions show otherwise Which actions?
- fwn 5y ago
  I can't speak for the user posting earlier and I don't know anything about the Mozilla marketing budget, but: On the android platform Mozilla removed all extension sideloading capabilities. Even their store extensions are now almost entirely off-limits for the user unless they create a Firefox account and link it to their device through some extension list ID. The former just feels like an evil powergrab, the latter feels like a privacy reducing growth hack. I really want Firefox to be great and do use it on all platforms, but many recent decisions regarding their products are not great. In addition to that it seems that their toxic culture does appear to leave its mark on the brand.
- encryptluks2 5y ago
  > Mozilla’s marketing budget is between $20 million and $100 million https://digiday.com/marketing/after-mozilla-stopped-spending-on-facebook-the-company-increased-its-focus-on-offline-marketing/ https://digiday.com/marketing/after-mozilla-stopped-spending... Sadly, they mention here their Manifesto which states: https://wiki.mozilla.org/MarketingGuide https://wiki.mozilla.org/MarketingGuide > Individuals’ security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. However, if you look at what settings are enabled by default and with the recent announcement of them tracking installs and downloads, they are no better than Chromium.

wolverine876 5y ago

How much do they spend on marketing? > market that they value privacy and then their actions show otherwise Which actions?

fwn 5y ago
I can't speak for the user posting earlier and I don't know anything about the Mozilla marketing budget, but: On the android platform Mozilla removed all extension sideloading capabilities. Even their store extensions are now almost entirely off-limits for the user unless they create a Firefox account and link it to their device through some extension list ID. The former just feels like an evil powergrab, the latter feels like a privacy reducing growth hack. I really want Firefox to be great and do use it on all platforms, but many recent decisions regarding their products are not great. In addition to that it seems that their toxic culture does appear to leave its mark on the brand.
encryptluks2 5y ago
> Mozilla’s marketing budget is between $20 million and $100 million https://digiday.com/marketing/after-mozilla-stopped-spending-on-facebook-the-company-increased-its-focus-on-offline-marketing/ https://digiday.com/marketing/after-mozilla-stopped-spending... Sadly, they mention here their Manifesto which states: https://wiki.mozilla.org/MarketingGuide https://wiki.mozilla.org/MarketingGuide > Individuals’ security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. However, if you look at what settings are enabled by default and with the recent announcement of them tracking installs and downloads, they are no better than Chromium.