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> Currently the only way is that the sellers of the adverts you read give money to fund Firefox. According to Wikipedia[1], most of Mozilla is funded by Google
by mzajc 2y ago
> Currently the only way is that the sellers of the adverts you read give money to fund Firefox.
According to Wikipedia[1], most of Mozilla is funded by Google, for setting them as the default search engine, rather than by more conventional advertisers.
On a more personal note, I'd prefer if that money went towards improving their FOSS offering instead of giving the now-former CEO a $7M bonus[2], acquiring advertising businesses [3][4], and littering Firefox with these anti-features.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Google https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Google
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Baker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Baker
[3]: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-anonym-raising-the-bar-for-privacy-preserving-digital-advertising/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-anonym-raising-t...
[4]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/pocket/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/pocket/
- wkat4242 2y agoYeah I think the biggest problem is that Mozilla was made a corporation, and as such has corporative aspirations and mindset. It would have been much better if it had remained just a foundation.