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by drath 1525 days ago
1. Why focus on privacy? The niche is already taken by brave 2. To do so, they'd have to drop their half-billion default search engine deals 3. Currently, the donation figure is about $20mil. They'd have to somehow additionally collect $1.5 from every single user annually to prevent layoffs.
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account42 1524 days ago
> 2. To do so, they'd have to drop their half-billion default search engine deals

Yes, that is part of the reason why they should be a non-profit - sot that they can work for the public good and not for the good of their corporate sponsor.

> 3. Currently, the donation figure is about $20mil.

Donation figure for what? Currently you CANNOT donate towards Firefox development.

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drath 1524 days ago
> Donation figure for what? Currently you CANNOT donate towards Firefox development.

To Mozilla foundation. Most people I heard donating to them don't realize their money aren't and couldn't be put into Firefox development.

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GekkePrutser 1525 days ago
It's not a small niche. It can be shared with Brave.

And Brave has things that not everyone likes like the bat token stuff. And chromium.

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