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How hard would it be for Firefox to exist on it's own without Mozilla? I don't like Mozilla.

• re-thc 2y ago
  > How hard would it be for Firefox to exist on it's own without Mozilla? It exists due to Google's funding. Mozilla barely makes much else otherwise. So not very hard, assuming Google continues to sponsor it.
  • teruakohatu 2y ago
    > It exists due to Google's funding. Mozilla barely makes much else otherwise. Does Mozilla breakdown what % of Google revenue is going towards Firefox development?
    • re-thc 2y ago
      > what % ~80%
      • teruakohatu 2y ago
        In 2021 they had 600m in revenue and spent 199m on software development. I am not sure if they break software development out to Firefox and all the other things (eg. Pocket). So at least in 2021 at best it was 30% of revenue on developing Firefox. They spent 30m on marketing and branding. https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2021/mozilla-fdn-2021-fs-final-1010.pdf https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2021/mozilla-fdn-202...
        • kaoD 2y ago
          I'm on mobile and this PDF is notoriously hard to navigate here. What did they spend the other $370m on!?
          • SSLy 2y ago
            total expenses are 340M, 200M for software dev, 27M for other program services (everyone else working on software but who's not a developer?), 30M for marketing, 81M for "general and administrative" They have 370M in bank if I read correctly. And further 680M worth of various financial instruments like securities etc.
          • qweoqiwje 2y ago
            For starters a nice CEO pay package so that they do not have to live in squalor of course!
  • pixxel 2y ago
    Funding Mozilla, not Firefox directly, would appear to be money well spent.
  • consf 2y ago
    Does Mozilla provide more than just funding?
    • re-thc 2y ago
      > Does Mozilla provide more than just funding? "governance", "marketing" and drama.