I just saw a post complaining about the Mozilla layoffs.

I wanted to point out that the vast majority of their income (over 85% in 2022) is from having Google as the default search engine - Ironically, the anti monopoly lawsuit against Google will end this.

Expect things to get worse.

Please don’t assume it was just a cruel choice.

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  • dino
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    4 hours ago

    Taking funding from your biggest competitor is a weird business choice.

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        56 minutes ago

        I don’t know. Crowdfunding? How does Thunderbird keep it self afloat? Maybe better integration of the community as in more say in what will be developed depending on how much money you donate etc.

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        3 hours ago

        That’s the Mozilla paradox right there. A company like theirs cannot survive on the market without breaking their own ideals.

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          1 hour ago

          Serious question, is there actually a FOSS project out there at the scale of something like Firefox that survives on only donations?

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            23 minutes ago

            No because people choose diss cause it’s free. I mean they might say other things but then the vast majority do not donate to anything. People are cheap and that’s why we are where we are with all the ads.

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              14 minutes ago

              Feels kind of weird, if thats the case how did Linux come as far as it is today?