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Ask HN: Would you fund Mozilla to become independent of Google?

63 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 12 Mar 25 09:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source

How much would you and or your company be willing to fund Mozilla should it need to become independent of Google?
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srvmshr ◴[12 Mar 25 11:43 UTC] No.43342187[source]▶
A user like me would be willing to idea of some monthly donation when Mozilla restructures its expenses.

If memory serves right, the biggest slice of expenses were in C-level compensations & shortlived pet projects. The organization has to focus on growing a cadre of good engineers and product teams for their core offerings (just like the ones who rewrote large chunks of Netscape code into a fledgling Firefox ~22y ago).

One can't be expected to donate just to eventually subsidize a penthouse purchase for the CEO or their swanky McLaren.

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1. sshine ◴[12 Mar 25 14:49 UTC] No.43343874[source]▶
I’ve tolerated them being in the gray zone for years with their neglect of Firefox. After their latest stunt they’re out for me. I would not donate to an org that openly neglects a social responsibility of this magnitude.