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Outfrost

@JayLittle @MageInBlack ah yes, of course the business supporting itself is more important than their values and what they ship, classic right libertarian take

15 October at 10:57 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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Jay Little

@outfrost @MageInBlack It's not a libertarian take to acknowledge that Mozilla is nearly 100% funded by one of the worst corporations in tech, Google.

If you think its inappropriate to acknowledge the fact that Google's money is tainted and that Mozilla's acceptance of it involves them doing things to Firefox that are not in the best interests of their end users, then you are being delusional.

Without money Mozilla cannot operate. Without Mozilla, Firefox cannot exist. These are facts.

15 October at 11:00 | Open on fosstodon.org
Outfrost

@JayLittle @MageInBlack Oh sure I don't like how Mozilla is funded, but that is not the argument I responded to, and you're mischaracterising what I said. If you don't wanna identify with something, don't make yourself look like it.

Anyway I'd rather deal with a company that has a marketing deal with Google than Google itself or an equivalently shitty thing like Brave.

Also citation needed on that last part.

15 October at 11:25 | Open on mastodon.social
Jay Little

@outfrost @MageInBlack Citation needed? For what? The fact that Mozilla gets almost all of its revenue from Google? Okay fine.

bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

"Those payments, which started in 2005, have been increasing—up 50% over the past decade, to more than $450 million, even as the total number of Firefox users has plummeted. In 2021 these payments accounted for 83% of Mozilla’s revenue."

I was under the impression this was common knowledge - I guess not.

@outfrost @MageInBlack Citation needed? For what? The fact that Mozilla gets almost all of its revenue from Google? Okay fine.

bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

"Those payments, which started in 2005, have been increasing—up 50% over the past decade, to more than $450 million, even as the total number of Firefox users has plummeted. In 2021 these payments accounted for 83% of Mozilla’s revenue."

15 October at 11:30 | Open on fosstodon.org
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