I agree with that. I always like the KDE Project. They work on Qt and a bunch of applications including the desktop and the expected desktop applications like a file explorer, Kdenlive, Krita, etc.
I’ve felt that web browser development should have been a part of a consortium of projects like a dropbox replacement, email service, search engine, VPN, office products, etc so they could bundle cloud services and actually look worth it comparison to like a O365 and Google One sub
Not every application alone is going to attract funding like the Linux kernel or Blender and web browser development is expensive but not a sell-able product alone. It can market other products
Grappling7155@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
I see this sentiment pop up occasionally but it’s rare that anyone ever explains what else the Mozilla Foundation does that’s so egregious to make it not worth donating.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Pretty much all their other projects are not really worth it, e.g. that mobile OS, Firefox Send, their VPN, all those AI projects recently, Pocket,… and usually just lead to dead ends. Thunderbird might be an exception if I needed an email client but I do not.
And the ones that do seem useful and good bang for the buck, like Mozilla Observatory, get abandoned.