Comment by drpossum

1 year ago

There is something deeply wrong with the donate nag: The money goes to funding Mozilla-branded nonsense (e.g. misguided adventures into the VPN space), overpaid executives and bloated administration (as they actively shed developers [1][2]), and not the browser.

I would considering donating except I can't donate to support what I would like to support.

[1] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-leadership-growt...

[2] https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/mozilla_foundation_la...

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lenerdenator  1 year ago

That's the other problem:

Mozilla just needs to focus on Firefox.

Something about doing one thing and doing it well...

  • ryandrake  1 year ago

    Firefox needs to be its own thing. At this point all the "Mozilla Foundation" and "Mozilla Corporation" stuff and all the side quest software everyone seems to be rat-holing on, have nothing to do with making a great alternative browser.

  • 0x2a  1 year ago

    I wouldn't have a problem with Mozilla doing other things if they did it well and it didn't involve them compromising on their values.

0x2a  1 year ago

Isn't the Mozilla Foundation (non-profit org) distinct from Mozilla Corporation?