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Let me pay for Firefox

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802 points csmantle | 3 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.424s | 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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DangerousPie ◴[13 Jul 25 12:00 UTC] No.44549707[source]▶
How are you expecting to run an entity with developers, support, and operations without any leadership?

I don't know if you have ever worked in a larger team that lacked someone to make decisions, take responsibility and set a strategy, but in my experience that is almost always a disaster.

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1. reidrac ◴[13 Jul 25 12:13 UTC] No.44549813[source]▶
It can be done; an example is Igalia: https://www.igalia.com/jobs/

> We are a worker-owned, employee-run company with more than 20 years of experience building open source software in a wide range of exciting fields.

If there's enough money to go to the developers actively working on a product to make it sustainable, I think a lot of people would get on board with that and would pay for FF.

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2. simsla ◴[13 Jul 25 12:33 UTC] No.44549947[source]▶
I've been in organisations with great developers but no leadership. It's a shit show.
3. rs186 ◴[13 Jul 25 12:40 UTC] No.44549999[source]▶
> If there's enough money to go to the developers actively working on a product to make it sustainable

That's a big if. AFAIK most open source project developers don't get remotely enough donations to support them working on it full-time. The ones that do are the exception, not the norm.