| > Give me a Firefox subscription and I'll pay for it in a heartbeat. I want to do this but I can't support Mozilla until the board stops giving Baker raises at mind-boggling rates and make a commitment to never do anything like acquiring Pocket again, as well as generally make a strategic shift to lessen reliance on one competitor who is obviously massively overpaying them. They need to call Baker's bluff about her saying that her compensation (now an eye-watering $5.6MM - $4.8MM of which is bonus for... something[0], I'm sure she's paid even more now) is under market value before she continues her mission of driving Mozilla's userbase down so much that the two do indeed match in her eyes. It was extremely obvious how vulnerable Mozilla was by having their primary competitor also be their main source of revenue from the moment Chrome released. It is now 15 years since then and Google are still[1] 75% (!) of their annual revenue. 2021 was a decent year for contributions for Mozilla, yet it would take 46 years of 2021-level contributions (excluding all other revenue streams e.g. VPN) to pay for 1 year of 2021-level (after significant layoffs) annual expenses at Mozilla. If we include subscriptions that goes up to a 'measly' 5.3 years at 2021 levels for 1 year of 2021 expenses. They've got assets, but not enough to keep a 9 figure annual burn rate for more than a few years. I'm not entirely opposed to their VPN service as a way to generate money, it makes more sense than buying Pocket. What doesn't make sense is how they treat security researchers and deal with critical bugs[2], committing the fixes on GitHub before the patch goes live - always a great idea with sensitive applications[3]. I still use Firefox sometimes, I still prefer it on my phone, but it's clear there's a poisonous culture within the company that makes it simply not the company it was in the 00s. I want to see it back to its glory days, but at the moment all it takes is for Google to start the squeeze and it'll all be over. I'm not ready to support Mozilla. I'm ready to support a Mozilla revolution. [0]: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2021/mozilla-fdn-990... [1]: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2021/mozilla-fdn-202... Total revenue $600MM, $450MM figure from https://www.androidheadlines.com/2020/08/mozilla-firefox-goo... [2]: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/03/1 [3]: https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/3/22916111/wormhole-hack-git... |