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0 pointseitland5y ago0 comments

> But it looks to me, reading between the lines here, that Mozilla effectively announces that they feel that the browser as a source of revenue is a dead end and that if they do not move into other markets that the company will go under.

And here is the main point: for some reason Mozilla and their accountants seems to think that Firefox is just a source of income and that their main goal as a non profit is something else, while all the time the most important work they have done to improve the world has been to create an alternative and better browser that isn't owned by big media.

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notyourday5y ago· 2 in thread

> And here is the main point: for some reason Mozilla and their accountants seems to think that Firefox is just a source of income and that their main goal as a non profit is something else, while all the time the most important work they have done to improve the world has been to create an alternative and better browser that isn't owned by big media.

That's idealism.

The difference between a non-profit and a corporation is that while a corporation seeks to provide return to the shareholders, a non-profit seeks to provide a good life to people who run it.

eitlandOP5y ago

But wouldn't it be just as good idealism to go all in for creating a truly good independent browser?

Until three years ago or so I think that's what I thought was the idea of Mozilla.

notyourday5y ago

That would require the organization to be ran by engineers.

This is a non-profit ran by those that raise funds i.e. the non-profit parasite class. Those kinds of non-profits are famous for throwing charity galas that cost $250,000 to produce and raise $260,000.

eitlandOP5y ago

I guess I should note that these are my opinions, this is a rant, I'm not an accountant or a lawyer and this is not legal or financial advice ;-)

It is just so extremely frustrating when I wish someone well and they - in my opinion - take the wrong choices.

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notyourday5y ago· 2 in thread

That's idealism.

The difference between a non-profit and a corporation is that while a corporation seeks to provide return to the shareholders, a non-profit seeks to provide a good life to people who run it.

eitlandOP5y ago

But wouldn't it be just as good idealism to go all in for creating a truly good independent browser?

Until three years ago or so I think that's what I thought was the idea of Mozilla.

notyourday5y ago

That would require the organization to be ran by engineers.

eitlandOP5y ago

I guess I should note that these are my opinions, this is a rant, I'm not an accountant or a lawyer and this is not legal or financial advice ;-)

It is just so extremely frustrating when I wish someone well and they - in my opinion - take the wrong choices.

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