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      97 days ago

      Considering how little they invest into their core product compared to all the other shit and how much money the top brass earns despite declining market share, I don’t think they’re hurting for money that much.

      • @[email protected]
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        57 days ago

        They are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can’t really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled?

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          37 days ago

          Ideally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though.

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            27 days ago

            Yeah, web browsers cost hundreds of millions per year to maintain, they’re mind-bogglingly complicated and costly.

            I’d really hope the Linux Foundation would help contribute towards the budget, but LF is quite pro Chromium.

            I don’t think end users can even come close to funding Firefox development, unfortunately.

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            37 days ago

            You can’t finance a massive project like that with donations. This isn’t like Signal or some small project like that. Firefox is MASSIVE.