[arbitrage]

Mozilla can't afford to work for free. They need to get paid, too.

[auslegung]

If I understand the OP well, the question is, how can Mozilla justify charging twice what Mullvad charges, and lock you into a 12-month contract, for what is largely a repackaging of Mullvad.

[vmoore]

So just use Mullvad instead. For those who want to support Mozilla's efforts, this is a good way of doing it. Think of your extra $5 as a sort of donation to them for building such a wonderful browser and browser ecosystem (Lockwise, extensions, Pocket etc)

[dweekly]

A $5 donation is at least tax deductible and comes with less overhead for the foundation to process.

[gruez]

But firefox is developed by mozilla corporation, and donations to mozilla foundation doesn't fund firefox development. It goes to various advocacy/activism causes.

[Shish2k]

Does mozilla corporation income necessarily go to firefox development though?

(I worry that foundation income goes to activism and corporation income goes to the CEO’s pockets...)

[boomboomsubban]

While executives earn money like at any company, most of their budget is spent on Firefox. 2% of the Mozilla Corporation revenue goes back to the Mozilla Foundation.

[nijaru]

For clarification, I believe he is saying you pay the same price as a mullvad subscription if you lock into a 12 month subscription, not that you pay double the price and are locked into that.