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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Signal uses donations to keep running. That's one of the reasons why they don't need to do this kind of crap. Kinda like Firefox.

It's sad to see that slowly but surely the Internet gets divided into the more and more useless giant sector and the free and open sector, which just doesn't get the attention it needs to be attractive enough for most to switch over. And then there's also this weird shadow area where I often hear those pirate chanties from...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    Firefox wants to rely on donations but in reality 90% of their funding comes from an advertising company.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Firefox doesn't even accept donations. Mozilla Foundation does, which is a related nonprofit, but it crucially does not fund any firefox development and legally cannot do so.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What, related nonprofit that can not legally fund Firefox development? What are you talking about? It's literally developed by them.

    Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.

    Wiki.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Damn, I didn't know that. Now I'm sad.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Talk to anyone who works for a nonprofit. It’s really hard to find enough donors sometimes. You end up relying on a few really rich people because most of the community can only donate a couple bucks.

    If every Firefox user donated $4 per year they’d be a billion dollar company and wouldn’t need Google’s deal

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