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Last time I heard, Thunderbird has zero people on it for years but eventually they manage to afford to pay someone part time to work on it :smh:
by alfiedotwtf 1y ago
Last time I heard, Thunderbird has zero people on it for years but eventually they manage to afford to pay someone part time to work on it :smh:
- raxxorraxor 1y agoI did change quite significantly in recent times, so there is certainly work done. On the other hand it is a mail client and it does exactly what it is supposed to do for years on end. And I believe it is the best mail client too.
- e2le 1y agoThunderbird is quite healthy and received $8.6M in donations in 2023[0] which is used to employ 24 people[1]. Unlike Firefox, donations are used to fund development. [0]: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/10/thunderbird-annual-report-2023-2024/ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/10/thunderbird-annual-repo... [1]: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thunderbird-is-thriving-our-2022-financial-report/ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thunderbird-is-thriving...
- alfiedotwtf 1y agoTo be honest, I'm pleasantly surprised. Thanks for the info.
- godshatter 1y agoI guess what we need is a non-profit fork of Firefox that takes donations directly and focuses only on the browser.