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That's another Lala land of obliviousness. Browser is a complex piece of software that needs effort. Users are not paying for it and those who will pay for itth

by wg0 3y ago

That's another Lala land of obliviousness. Browser is a complex piece of software that needs effort. Users are not paying for it and those who will pay for itthen will probably require access to those users, for sure. Firefox is a dwindling piece of software and maybe they themselves should take some responsibility of where it is heading today. User adoption is merit driven and not mission or ideology driven. EDIT: Typos etc.

PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
I want to pay for Firefox. I do not want to contribute to the Mozilla CEO's outrageous US$7M compensation package. How do I do that?
- kshacker 3y ago
  How much does the Mozilla CEO deserve? I know the tech salaries and I believe a comparable role (senior director or VP) in a Faang would at least be 7 figures, can we try to ballpark by how much we are over (or under) paying the CEO?
  - PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
    I have no desire to get into a general discussion over US/tech officer compensation. However, as I understand it, most of Mozilla's income comes from the Google search deal, not from any product that they make. Whatever argument someone might have for the compensation of the CEO of a corporation that generates revenue by selling a product rather than access to an ever-shrinking set of users, I don't think it applies here.
- sp332 3y ago
  There’s no way to do either. The Mozilla Corporation doesn’t take donations. (The Mozilla Foundation doesn’t make Firefox.)
  - tslocum 3y ago
    There's no way to do both simultaneously. You can, however, donate to The Mozilla Corporation and help pay their CEO's salary.[0] It won't help Firefox one iota, but you can do it. 0. https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2022/mozilla-fdn-990-ty22-public-disclosure.pdf
    - sp332 3y ago
      That’s the Foundation. But yes I was wrong and Baker is paid by the Foundation.
- jacobsenscott 3y ago
  You can't. FF is opensource, and in theory you could pay someone not employed by mozilla to work on it and submit patches. But really you're still contributing to money to mozilla in that labor == money.
- pessimizer 3y ago
  If you wait a year, you can instead contribute to the next $8.5M+ compensation package. It will be announced at the same time Mozilla announces that they're shutting down the browser and committing to becoming an AI cryptocurrency.
unethical_ban 3y ago
>User adoption is merit driven and not mission or ideology driven. Yes, Google telling everyone to install Chrome, and Chrome being the only "other" browser installed on many corporate networks is totally merit driven.

by wg0 3y ago

PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago

I want to pay for Firefox. I do not want to contribute to the Mozilla CEO's outrageous US$7M compensation package. How do I do that?

kshacker 3y ago
How much does the Mozilla CEO deserve? I know the tech salaries and I believe a comparable role (senior director or VP) in a Faang would at least be 7 figures, can we try to ballpark by how much we are over (or under) paying the CEO?
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
  I have no desire to get into a general discussion over US/tech officer compensation. However, as I understand it, most of Mozilla's income comes from the Google search deal, not from any product that they make. Whatever argument someone might have for the compensation of the CEO of a corporation that generates revenue by selling a product rather than access to an ever-shrinking set of users, I don't think it applies here.
sp332 3y ago
There’s no way to do either. The Mozilla Corporation doesn’t take donations. (The Mozilla Foundation doesn’t make Firefox.)
- tslocum 3y ago
  There's no way to do both simultaneously. You can, however, donate to The Mozilla Corporation and help pay their CEO's salary.[0] It won't help Firefox one iota, but you can do it. 0. https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2022/mozilla-fdn-990-ty22-public-disclosure.pdf
  - sp332 3y ago
    That’s the Foundation. But yes I was wrong and Baker is paid by the Foundation.
jacobsenscott 3y ago
You can't. FF is opensource, and in theory you could pay someone not employed by mozilla to work on it and submit patches. But really you're still contributing to money to mozilla in that labor == money.
pessimizer 3y ago
If you wait a year, you can instead contribute to the next $8.5M+ compensation package. It will be announced at the same time Mozilla announces that they're shutting down the browser and committing to becoming an AI cryptocurrency.

unethical_ban 3y ago

>User adoption is merit driven and not mission or ideology driven. Yes, Google telling everyone to install Chrome, and Chrome being the only "other" browser installed on many corporate networks is totally merit driven.