[whatshisface]

Firefox is the libre alternative struggling to compete with the Google behemoth which adds things to its browser even faster than they appear in the standard. Safari is the underfunded child of a corporation as wealthy as Google. It is mainly the first that motivates web developer solidarity.

[cyanydeez]

Its struggling in part because it decided it needed to do a bunch of non browser things.

[int0x29]

Firefox isn't really making enough in donations to maintain a major piece of web infrastructure. So it gets search revenue from Google, which people complain about (and may not be long term sustainable). So they go make other paid for things looking for revenue, which people complain about.

[b112]

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-invest...

It's a little more nuanced than that.

[cyanydeez]

The complaint is about manhours.

Maybe the search money dont pay the bills but they definitely squandered their improvements

[einsteinx2]

If the user donations aren’t enough, surely their main revenue source—the 100s of millions of dollars they get from Google—is? Or do they need billions just to maintain a competent browser?