Well, sure, but you could also ask the question: let's say Mozilla loses this funding. Will the web, either as standards or as a marketplace, improve as a resul

Well, sure, but you could also ask the question: let's say Mozilla loses this funding. Will the web, either as standards or as a marketplace, improve as a result? I think the answer is a pretty definitive "no way in hell". All browsers will start pulling "the old tricks" like replacing adverts on websites to fund themselves.