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Honestly, if Mozilla wants to continue surviving, and wants to break their scary dependence on Google, I don't know what non-advertising alternatives they can e
by avolcano 13y ago
Honestly, if Mozilla wants to continue surviving, and wants to break their scary dependence on Google, I don't know what non-advertising alternatives they can explore.
(maybe a Wikipedia-style pledge drive on the new tab page? Of course, I bet people would be far more annoyed by that)
- throwaway_yy2Di 13y agoLooks like Mozilla's budget is ~6x that of Wikipedia. $300 M/year figure FTA, vs. $49 M/year from https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Budget https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Budget
- Aaronn 13y agoExcept a huge part of that money comes from Google, and avolcano specifically mentions that Mozilla is trying to break away from Google
- KnightHawk3 13y agoThey already have that right? I remember seeing a "if everyone paid $3" ad at one point.
- padenot 13y agoThat was for the Mozilla Foundation, not the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox, Firefox for Android, FirefoxOS are made by the Mozilla Corporation.
- Aaronn 13y agoon Mozilla? I don't think so...
- callahad 13y agoThat was indeed one of the `about:home` snippets during Foundation's year-end fundraising.
- frandroid 13y agoThey could default to Bing in the search bar. Lots of people would switch back to Google, so Mozilla wouldn't make as much money, but it wouldn't be a drop to zero. Unless Mozilla doesn't want to deal with the company that aimed to destroy Netscape in the first place...