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by Yoric 945 days ago
I'm not sure I follow. Mozilla killed Servo, much to my sorrow, because it didn't have enough money to fund it. Mozilla embedded Pocket because it was an attempt to not rely on Google's money to fund developments. The money they received from the Google contract was spent either developing Firefox or trying to find ways to make money without relying on Google.

So... pick one, but you can't both be angry at Mozilla because they use Google's money and be angry at Mozilla because they're trying to find a way to work without Google's money.
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yesco 945 days ago
Mozilla has to kill the unimportant stuff like servo so it's CEO can get a more competitive wage to support her family with. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Baker#Negative_sala...

More seriously, if Mozilla really can't afford to do browser R&D, I really have to wonder why they keep dumping money into political & non-browser related causes.

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Yoric 944 days ago
The political & non-browser related causes are Mozilla Foundation. Firefox is Mozilla Corporation. Related entities, but two different sources of funding.
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