a full and clear separation from any potential conflict of interest (while noble) is how projects die.
There are worse things than death, like being successful by fucking people over and/or making the biosphere unlivable.
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otter@lemmy.ca 9 months agoEhh
There’s a clear difference between accepting money from an entity and letting it control things and make decisions. Pushing for a full and clear separation from any controversial entity is how projects die.
I’d love for Firefox to be fully funded through small anonymous public donations in an ideal world. As it is, I don’t see an issue from taking Google’s money to do something that most users would do anyways.
If the default search wasn’t google, I’m certain even more users would bail on Firefox. Anyone who does want an alternative search engine is capable of clicking on it during installation.
Jack@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
Firefox might be able to survive on donations, if Mozilla’s CEO stopped giving herself raises
Zworf@beehaw.org 9 months ago
They don’t even want our money. They just let you donate to Mozilla foundation, which does other projects.
Firefox is developed by Mozilla corporation which is funded by the google deal.