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Let me pay for Firefox

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gr4vityWall ◴[] No.44549048[source]
I used to want to donate to Mozilla Foundation, but I've long lost any hope that the corporation would spend that money in a way that makes sense to me. The pessimist on me would expect donated money to be spent on more built-in "campaigns", "studies" or ads. Or maybe a bonus for their executives.

I just want Firefox to be faster. I'm donating to Floorp (a Firefox fork), at least they seem focused on making the browser better.

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skywal_l ◴[] No.44549113[source]
It's kind of disheartening to see what happened to the Mozilla Foundation. And it makes me kind of afraid of what's going to happen to linux once Linus is out. It seems that a great project requires a great BDFL, otherwise it will be taken over by ghouls.
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WHA8m ◴[] No.44549375[source]
Isn't the Linux ecosystem much more healthy and decentralized than Mozilla? We're so so blessed with Linus and everyone is afraid of the moment the project has to stand without him. But I'm confident he's aware and working towards that point in time. I'm not too much into it though, so this is more or less assumptions.
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sealeck ◴[] No.44549804[source]
> Isn't the Linux ecosystem much more healthy and decentralized than Mozilla?

Is it? IME Linux kernel development is a somewhat toxic place.

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1. kbelder ◴[] No.44552304[source]
>IME Linux kernel development is a somewhat toxic place.

I think that's why it's healthier. A bit like the human immune system.