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They're a business, just like anyone else. Unless we all start throwing thousands of donations at them, they have to find ways to monetise to keep up the awesom

They're a business, just like anyone else. Unless we all start throwing thousands of donations at them, they have to find ways to monetise to keep up the awesome work they do. If it's both relevant and intuitive, then no harm done. Remember, your browsing history isn't exactly a big secret. That's why incognito modes exist in most browsers.

melicerte 11y ago
I understand nothing is free and my privacy matters. For that reason, I'm willing to make donations, even on a regular basis, instead of having ads.
- lmorchard 11y ago
  Great, here you go! https://sendto.mozilla.org https://sendto.mozilla.org
dannypgh 11y ago
Firefox isn't a business, it's an open source/free software project. Mozilla is a nonprofit entity which pays some people to work on it. This is an important distinction, no?
- vegancap 11y ago
  Not particularly, they still have to gain some form of revenue to keep their core ventures. Their revenue in 2012 for example was $311 million.
  - vdaniuk 11y ago
    An organization being for-profit or non-profit is not particularly important distinction? Elaborate please.
    - maxerickson 11y ago
      It's literally just a tax status. Part of that is that no one owns the Mozilla Foundation, but, for example, the people controlling it can still extract money by paying themselves salary. This is how family foundations can be a tax dodge, the huge legacy is dumped into a non profit and grows without incurring much taxes, meanwhile the family has some meetings and draws comfortable salaries for it.
  - dannypgh 11y ago
    Firefox is not a "they" it is an "it." As a computer program, it has no obligation to Mozilla to make them money.
- gillianseed 11y ago
  >Mozilla is a nonprofit entity which pays some people to work on it. Mozilla now consists of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation and the for-profit Mozilla corporation subsidiary.
  - lmorchard 11y ago
    The Corporation isn't really for-profit, either, as it dumps any money it makes back into the Foundation.

melicerte 11y ago

I understand nothing is free and my privacy matters. For that reason, I'm willing to make donations, even on a regular basis, instead of having ads.

lmorchard 11y ago
Great, here you go! https://sendto.mozilla.org https://sendto.mozilla.org

dannypgh 11y ago

Firefox isn't a business, it's an open source/free software project. Mozilla is a nonprofit entity which pays some people to work on it. This is an important distinction, no?

vegancap 11y ago
Not particularly, they still have to gain some form of revenue to keep their core ventures. Their revenue in 2012 for example was $311 million.
- vdaniuk 11y ago
  An organization being for-profit or non-profit is not particularly important distinction? Elaborate please.
  - maxerickson 11y ago
    It's literally just a tax status. Part of that is that no one owns the Mozilla Foundation, but, for example, the people controlling it can still extract money by paying themselves salary. This is how family foundations can be a tax dodge, the huge legacy is dumped into a non profit and grows without incurring much taxes, meanwhile the family has some meetings and draws comfortable salaries for it.
- dannypgh 11y ago
  Firefox is not a "they" it is an "it." As a computer program, it has no obligation to Mozilla to make them money.
gillianseed 11y ago
>Mozilla is a nonprofit entity which pays some people to work on it. Mozilla now consists of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation and the for-profit Mozilla corporation subsidiary.
- lmorchard 11y ago
  The Corporation isn't really for-profit, either, as it dumps any money it makes back into the Foundation.