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Mozilla explains their recent foray into advertising - A free and open internet shouldn’t come at the expense of privacy (blog.mozilla.org)

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MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA Keeping the internet, and the content that makes it a vital and vibrant part of our global society, free and accessible has

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

People who complain about this seems unaware that mozilla can't make money from thin air. You don't pay for the browser, so.... Put 2 and 2 together...

If you would actually consider paying for software you use all the time, companies could make quality stuff.

I would pay 5 dollars per month for Firefox, no problems. I don't like subscriptions but I would do it for Firefox. Been using it since the very first version of Firefox came out.

[–] disguised_doge@kbin.earth 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Mozilla gets millions in donations, but they give millions to their CEO and millions to political activists. Had Mozilla demonstrated they couldn't survive on donations alone I (and presumably others) would be a little more forgiving. But right, from my perspective, it looks like the board is using the Mozilla coffers as their personal piggy bank instead of making a good faith effort to do anything that would allow them to survive without enshittifying.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 week ago

Bloat is heavy... Signal has similar issues IMHO

Product development is second or third order business.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So what kind of ceo would they get if they paid pennies? That would be a better scenario?

Then it would be "mozilla can't do shit with that crap ceo".

I don't know. I'm really thankful we still have mozilla. May not be perfect but Google is horrible, so.

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