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by 0x2a 474 days ago
I use a Firefox fork too, but do you think it would continue to be around without Mozilla?

It's sad to see them squander an opportunity to do good work. Mozilla should have gone all-in on ethics/privacy in contrast to tech giants and made an offering like Proton. Or gone with the Wikipedia donate model like another commenter said. Any compromise on their values is insane mismanagement, that was their whole brand.
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johnea 474 days ago
The overwhelming majority of Mozilla foundation's revenue is from Goggle corps.

For making goggle the default search engine.

So they aren't really "in contrast to tech giants" in any way.

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kennysoona 474 days ago
> I use a Firefox fork too

If not LibreWolf then what? The rest seem out of date or worse than Firefox in some way.

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0x2a 473 days ago
Zen Browser, it's still beta software imo but tab grouping and vertical tabs have become must-have features for me (another thing Mozilla should be working on).
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hellcow 474 days ago
I don’t know. I’m hoping that after their attempts at building an ad network fail, they pivot back to developing a browser by focusing on features their users actually want. Or maybe by the time Mozilla fails another alternative springs up, like Ladybird.

To your point, cloning Proton is such an obvious path forward to generate revenue while staying true to their values. Even selling a Firefox Pro with an annual fee offering some developer-specific or power-user features would be great.

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Fnoord 474 days ago
They tried that with Mozilla VPN. It used Mullvad under the hood (a very good Swedish VPN provider), was tailored towards USA, and I could not use a config manually. Which meant I paid a year for nothing. Not the same as donation, but still.

Together with certain other services, like Password manager and Firefox Accounts, they could indeed go with your suggestion. However, I really do not want my EU data under a US business or non-profit. I want my data under EU laws, or European at least (Norway, Switzerland are also OK).

IMO, Mozilla should team up with Kagi. They have the numbers of users, and Kagi has the excellent product.

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