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Firefox Money: Investigating the bizarre finances of Mozilla (lunduke.locals.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Im one of those die hard firefox users and have been using it for over a decade.

It's quite worrying that it relies on Google to exist. This article details the finances behind it, and it's an interesting read.

  • Mozilla have tons of money, and the donations are tiny in comparison to their real revenue stream.

  • 70% of revenue comes from Google, by having Google Search as a default search engine.

  • Its not clear where the revenue is being spent. There are no large costs.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminder that Bryan Lunduke is an alt right nut and transphobe, so if his writing smells fishy, you know why.

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

Oh really, haven't watched him in a long time. Recent development, or has he been this way for a while?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This has literally been known about for years. But forks of Firefox receive no real funding and hence Mozilla still holds the reigns. At this stage the only real hope is that Google does pull the plug and the CEO is forced out

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, I don't want to use a fork either.... It would require the person to maintain the fork from upstream and also requires trusting whoever forked it.

Google won't pull the plug, because then discussions about browser monopoly may flare up again. It's a small price for them to pay to have Firefox around as a non-threat.

I had a look at their browser share now actually, and their numbers are stalling and not growing anymore. They have about 60% of the users and apple has 20%.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I for one was not familiar with this and even if the source is not reliable there sure is an unhealthy amount of politics involved.