Mozilla is a non profit. The most “capitalist” they get is the Mozilla Corp a company owned by the foundation which is basically just for tax purposes. Having a big player in the fediverse helps.
Mozilla is a non profit. The most “capitalist” they get is the Mozilla Corp a company owned by the foundation which is basically just for tax purposes. Having a big player in the fediverse helps.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
They are funded by Google. I much prefer the “some random guys or whoever will fork their code” model of software for this sort of thing.
Kushan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Google pays them to be the default search engine, they’re not funded by Google.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Isn’t that their main source of revenue?
Kushan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The rights to search sure are, but it’s more like Google happens to be the one paying it right now. It could be Microsoft or Yahoo or anyone.
Mozilla definitely needs to diversity better here, but the implication that they’re “funded by google” is completely misleading.
Fungah@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Amen. Everything google touches turns to shit. Everything.