Comment on All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding | by Dan Fabulich | Apr, 2025

Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• truthfultemporarily@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That would require us, the users, to donate more.

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  • tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We happily would if we knew it was going to devs

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  • Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t consider that as “walking by themselves”. Plus, maybe you aren’t aware that FF is managed by Mozilla Corp (not the foundation), which can’t legally take donations. Thus. The money you donate doesn’t find FF development. Last, I’m not an user and I’m not going to donate. I couldn’t care less. Mozilla did this to themselves. They can disappear tomorrow, as far as I am concerned.

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What DO you use? There’s literally three usable browsers out there, one mismanages its finances, one is Apple and one is responsible for the entire web browsing experience turning to shit because they run the browser that everyone uses so they can just ignore the W3 specs and other browsers get the blame when they don’t adopt Google’s tracking-riddled APIs.

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or them to charge for it, or take more money from, say, Alphabet, for services rendered.

    Any of those options will get its users on the barricades. FF will always be in the hot chair.

    In the end you’re right, donations are the best way.

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  • pulido@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No it wouldn’t.

    Stop being a useful idiot.

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