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Classic open source user. They take the free (as in beer) software and complain that nobody works for them.
by usr1106 5y ago
Classic open source user. They take the free (as in beer) software and complain that nobody works for them.
- jhasse 5y agoMozilla takes donations, so it isn't necessarely free. Also Mozilla is wondering why no one wants to use their software, this is one of the reasons why.
- syncbehind 5y ago>Mozilla takes donations, so it isn't necessarely free. This is a wild take. Taking donations doesn't invalidate the fact that it is available to everyone for free. By definition donations are voluntary. No part of Thunderbird is behind paywalls of any sort.
- chanux 5y agoWonder why they didn't think about feature funding. As in, letting people donate to specific features.
- TingPing 5y agoDonations are a small part of their income.
- chanux 5y agoHmm. Maybe they have already experimented with "Donate to this specific feature if you really like it" style focused donation campaigns.
- wsmwk 5y agoDonations to Mozilla which go to Firefox may be a small part of Firefox's income. Donations directed to Thunderbird go to Thunderbird, and are 99% of Thunderbird's income. The income streams are not mixed.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoIt's a reasonable request though. Something that definitely shouldn't cost them much to fix.
- pizza234 5y agoHard to know! Composing emails in tabs seemed easy without internal knowledge, but the code turned out to be a trainwreck, to the point that even a funded attempt failed. I doubt it will ever be fixed.
- jodrellblank 5y agoThey didn’t do that, though.
- Epiphany21 5y agoMozilla makes money hand over fist and they squander it. This is unrelated to their finances or the source model of the product.