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Okay, so what is complaining achieving here since you already acknowledge they won’t let you donate to Firefox directly? I’m not crazy about it either but I do
by Riverheart 3y ago
Okay, so what is complaining achieving here since you already acknowledge they won’t let you donate to Firefox directly?
I’m not crazy about it either but I don’t lose sleep over it. It’s a browser and management could be better. I know it’s a touchy subject and people may not like to hear it but until I’m downvoted into oblivion I’m going to say this discussion is not worth rehashing time and time again.
The donation suggestion is years old at this point. There is nothing new in this thread.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> what is complaining achieving here since you already acknowledge they won’t let you donate to Firefox directly? That usage isn’t what’s constraining Firefox’s resources. Management is. Use Firefox if you like it. (I do, in part.) But don’t argue that if more people use it Mozilla will give a shit; it’s already a material fraction of their revenues and they’re ignoring it.
- Riverheart 3y agoI will. If usage increased enough they would. The more users they have the more important their search becomes, gives them greater leverage and an audience to market products at. Unlike Google/Microsoft/Apple, they do not have a strong platform to reach users with and need something to coalesce a consumer-centric Mozilla ecosystem around. At the moment, it is unclear how much extra money, devoted to improving what, would increase Firefox’s market share significantly and am not surprised to see them explore other options. Brave, Vivaldi, etc, don’t seem to have figured it out either. I choose not to be cynical, nor will I allow myself to be upset about it one way or another and wish others would do the same. Being negative is more likely to scare off new users/contributors than change Mozilla.