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803 points csmantle | 3 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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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. IshKebab ◴[13 Jul 25 14:15 UTC] No.44550615{3}[source]▶
I think you need a CEO, you just don't need a CEO that is paid $7m/year. That's ludicrous. What amazing decisions have they been making that were worth that amount? Have they really contributed more than a team of 70 developers could?

There are plenty of competent people that could be CEO for far less, like $200k/year.

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2. noisy_boy ◴[13 Jul 25 16:16 UTC] No.44551460[source]▶
It doesn't even have to be that. Take that and bump it 5 times like a million dollars. Throw in more cash if they can increase Firefox's market share. Have clauses to penalize anything about opt-out telemetry or anti-privacy features. I'm happy to add more carrots as well as more sticks.

All said and done, that will still be way more reasonable than that ludicrous salary.

3. EasyMark ◴[13 Jul 25 21:27 UTC] No.44553886[source]▶
I would be fine with $6 million if it was making at least that much more in revenue because of the CEO, but I highly suspect that it is not. I think $600K would be PLENTY and would pull in talented execs and managers.