This user summed it up well
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donut4ever@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Sounds like they’re using free and open source sentiment to raise money, to keep users who in turn bring in revenue from Google so they can do “activism”. I don’t know this as a fact, but a personal conclusion from past events and reading this article, Mozilla is a social justice activist company. I can’t say it is good or bad because I don’t know details of what they do.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 year ago
donut4ever@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s exactly why I said I can’t say it’s good or bad because I don’t know the details. But if that’s what they’re doing (which kind of seems like it from what I’ve seen so far), then that’s good. We do need a big corporation on our side to fight to rest of them. Again, I don’t know for certain, but I am going to be positive about it because I haven’t seen too much bad from them. Their good has outweighed their bad so far. So
Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 year ago
My conclusion, since already a few years ago, is that donating to Mozilla does actually nothing “for the free web”. Most people donate thinking that their money fuel FF development. They’re basically scammed.