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It doesn’t help that they make it hard to donate to a specific product’s development. I’d donate to Firefox. I wouldn’t give a penny to anything of their other
by kstrauser 2y ago
It doesn’t help that they make it hard to donate to a specific product’s development. I’d donate to Firefox. I wouldn’t give a penny to anything of their other distractions.
(And others would support exactly the opposite, I’m sure. But no one gets to sponsor what they personally care about.)
- saurik 2y ago(Would others? I don't think I have ever seen anyone defend that part of the equation. With Wikipedia's similar insanity--begging for donations to keep their servers on when they don't spend the money on that--I have at least seen some people who like what they do spend their money on as important to them, but I don't think I have ever seen anyone actively want to donate money to Firefox's random side projects instead of Firefox.)
- zihotki 2y agoYou don't need to go far. Just look at the Thunderbird. People are donating to support it.
- sundarurfriend 2y agoI believe saurik is talking about Mozilla's spending on "advocacy" and other non-product causes, not actual products like Thunderbird. While there are a few actual products other than Firefox (like Thunderbird), most of the "distractions" kstrauser speaks of are of a much less tangible nature that basically amount to "whatever catches Mozilla management's fancy that month".
- kstrauser 2y agoProbably not, but you know if I left that out, someone would claim the opposite just for contrariness.