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Let me pay for Firefox

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802 points csmantle | 1 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lenkite ◴[13 Jul 25 10:07 UTC] No.44549029[source]▶
I would happily pay monthly for Firefox - but not to Mozilla Corporation. Will Pay to developers, development support and operations - not to pad the CEO salary.
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delusional ◴[13 Jul 25 10:35 UTC] No.44549205[source]▶
Yet we happily do that for everything else.

Either software developers have to figure out how to out compete the CEO ghouls (without becoming CEO ghouls themselves), or we just have to accept that the CEO ghouls will take their cut. There's no version of this where you can pay for a service, but also dictate how that money is spent.

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1. dartharva ◴[13 Jul 25 12:06 UTC] No.44549766[source]▶
Firefox's entire appeal is that it is not like every other corporate entity. Its legitimacy hinges on how far it can separate itself from intrusive corporate interests.

If Mozilla goes the same way, Firefox loses all goodwill it gathered over the years and stops being an option against Chrome et al.