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Mozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survival (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oh look we're back to the "open source software can't survive on its own without gobs of money and million-dollar CEOs wah wah wah" again.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

Fiy, the Mozilla Foundation is one of the highest rates charities on Charity Navigator.

They don't always make the best choices as far as product direction, but as a charity, they are quite respectable.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You say that as if we're lying. Mozilla's entire revenue is from the search deal. If it goes away, you can kiss the entire company goodbye. Not saying that OSS is inherently unable to survive or anything like that.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 days ago

Then die. Open source software wasn't created to generate revenue.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wtf you on about?

The grand majority of all costs for Firefox are in engineering salaries. And there is no million dollar CEO relating to the nonprofit's expenses, that CEO is paid for from funds from the for profit organization.

Browsers are CRAZY expensive to build and maintain. And teams of engineers are crazy expensive.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for repeating the talking points.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Thank you for making no effort to engage in conversation and instead trying to shut it down because it doesn't agree with you.

Insinuating that I'm repeating talking points as a way to dismiss my opinion is the kind of bad faith comments no one wants here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You started your quest for good faith engagement with "Wtf you on about?"

You're not just a corporate simp, you're a hypocrite as well. I don't want to engage in conversation with people like you, there's no point.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago

And what percentage of Mozilla's income goes towards Firefox?

Mozilla sucks as much as Wikipedia when it comes to funding