Eh… article behind a paywall. But yes Mozilla’s finances and top management are sadly extremely sketchy… basically they are bought opposition by Google. Sadly, as Firefox is a really important part of the web and works quite well.
@dynge@ray This piece is weird. It’s like the author did whole lot of digging based on the assumption that the organization is supposed to be all about making Firefox, turns up a whole bunch of things that don’t fit that assumption, concludes that it’s wrong, then criticizes and asks questions from the perspective that it’s right and something doesn’t add up…
Okay, Mozilla financially depends on Google. Yes, that’s pretty sad. But I think it’s too soon to quit on them. They’re trying to make privacy ecosystem and that might help them become independent.
As for now, even though Mozilla is financed by Google, did the dependence really influenced Mozilla’s decisions?
@brombek
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting and a little depressing that companies may get so large that they support competitors just enough to avoid monopoly.
Eh… article behind a paywall. But yes Mozilla’s finances and top management are sadly extremely sketchy… basically they are bought opposition by Google. Sadly, as Firefox is a really important part of the web and works quite well.
@poVoq @ray
What really? I did not know this. Any articles you can refer to us is this speculation?
I don’t have articles. But this is the full text of the article I originally linked to https://pastebin.com/6D2D5iiW
@ray
The article kind of ends on a cliffhanger. I am intrigued by these questions. It just seems odd :blobfoxconfused:
@dynge @ray This piece is weird. It’s like the author did whole lot of digging based on the assumption that the organization is supposed to be all about making Firefox, turns up a whole bunch of things that don’t fit that assumption, concludes that it’s wrong, then criticizes and asks questions from the perspective that it’s right and something doesn’t add up…
…but didn’t look around on Mozilla’s website?
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/
@ray
Thanks for sharing
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Mozilla is, always was and will be mostly financed by Google.
Okay, Mozilla financially depends on Google. Yes, that’s pretty sad. But I think it’s too soon to quit on them. They’re trying to make privacy ecosystem and that might help them become independent.
As for now, even though Mozilla is financed by Google, did the dependence really influenced Mozilla’s decisions?
@fit6529
That is most likely something that won’t be made public but it definitely puts an ✳ on any decision they make.
I will continue to use Firefox though. But today I learned :blobfoxhappy:
@brombek
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@brombek
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting and a little depressing that companies may get so large that they support competitors just enough to avoid monopoly.
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