[jannes]

> [...] support Thunderbird is through donations

I doubt donations to MZLA Technologies Corporation will reach the Thunderbird project in any meaningful way.

They'll just use it to pay their executive salaries.

[wsmwk]

> I doubt donations to MZLA Technologies Corporation will reach the Thunderbird project in any meaningful way.

You are basing this statement on what data?

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate is managed by MZLA, it has one open source product, Thunderbird. We pay a required Thunderbird trademark fee to the Mozilla Foundation and little more than that, which is captured in https://stats.thunderbird.net/#financials.

[josteink]

Or support radical activist groups unrelated to software or technology.

Absolutely bonkers.

[paulryanrogers]

Like?

[josteink]

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

I know people here don’t like Bryan Lunduke, but besides the opinions added, this is factual, sourced reporting.

[omnimus]

That kinda proves they would spend it on executive salaries. As the spend on "radical groups" in the article is almost nothing compared to salaries of their management.

[josteink]

This article is from 2023. Recent years they’ve gone into decolonisation, Marxism, anti-capitalism and afro-centrism as well, just to mention a few.

No doubt though that the increase in executive salaries has been way beyond criticism as well.

Their finances seems a total mess and completely hijacked.

[wsmwk]

Perhaps factual - I can't say.

But it's a different company. EOM.