> donations which to be honest does not work

It would work if I knew my donations go towards the fucking browser and not towards "AI" or whatever the craze was before it.

Since they refuse to do that, I don't donate.

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Seattle3503 6 days ago | parent [-]

How man large software projects do that? Blender and...?

Mozilla would have to become like Wikipedia, with a large fundraising focus. Its not like Wikipedia evades criticism for that approach.

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nottorp 5 days ago | parent [-]

I think Firefox has a sizable minority of users that are aware of its importance and would donate for "a fucking browser".

Tbh I would also donate for a nagging team that publicly pressures various corporate sites into continuing to support firefox (like my cell phone provider, i can't download invoices with FF since 3 months).

What I wouldn't donate for is "me too" initiatives like "AI" and corporate bullshit. Or even charity initiatives if done by Mozilla. It's not Mozilla's job. Their job is to keep a working browser alternative up.

And as it's been stated in techie discussions time and time again, they don't need to be that large for just "a fucking browser". But that would diminish the CEO's status so we get what we have now instead.

	▲	dabockster 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		> I think Firefox has a sizable minority of users that are aware of its importance Agreed. > and would donate for "a fucking browser". Hard disagree. Especially when you consider that much of Firefox's use likely comes from countries that tend to opportunistically freeload whenever they can. Idk if your donation-only idea would even work for the US and Canada alone.