I don’t think this is a money making move. The previous CEO was absolutely overly focused on monetization and this move is a step away from that.
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aidan@lemmy.world 2 months agoAs a software developer I am huge supporter of Mozilla’s developer initiatives from Manifest V2 implementation to MDN. But it’s also important to be realistic Mozilla has long had major money problems, and not the kind that giving them more would fix.
spaduf@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Cloud AI is, but for local AI, they only need to incinerate enough money to train it. That’s none if they just end up using mixtral or something
aidan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I agree it’s probably not for money making, that’s my point, its instead that their management doesn’t know how to spend money.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The Lunduke shit again?
Take a look at the other trash he posts on his reddit profile. That blog is not a trustworthy source, by any stretch, and it’s sweetly ignoring that he’s not looking at Mozilla’s spending alone, but of 3 separate entities.
aidan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t know anything about him, but the criticism of them spending money on donating to other charities rather than focusing on making Mozilla’s core projects sustainable IMO is correct.