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That sounds like Firefox made a bad decision to fund their operations by selling the default search engine space to an advertising company, then.

• teekert 3y ago
  It’s chicken and egg. Because of their low usage numbers they don’t have much leverage and a deal with devil is the option they’re forced into.
  • lolinder 3y ago
    To date, Mozilla refuses to let me donate to directly fund Firefox. I can donate to Mozilla, but then they'll take my money and pursue whatever their current distraction of the month is. I can pay for Pocket, but then I'm paying for Pocket, which I don't need or want. I can't just give them money and say "I really, really want this money to go directly to Firefox, not to another side project". Until they offer that as an option, they cannot claim to have tried everything.
    • JoshTriplett 3y ago
      I'd love to have an option to pay for Firefox Sync. It's by far my favorite Firefox feature, I use it every day, and I'd happily pay for it even if they just said "this just funds ongoing development and offers no added features", though they'd get more revenue if they find something to offer for paying users.
  • jefftk 3y ago
    Firefox has been funded by selling the default search engine for decades, including when it had 30% market share.