Indeed. Kagi proves users are willing to pay for search (me included, recently).

Which is why Mozilla are getting desperate to diversify their revenue.

This to me is the ultimate sign that Mozilla has zero values or principles.

They've long advocated that Big Tech is a problem, but as soon as somebody tries to actually address it and this coincidentally impacting Mozilla, they abandon any and all principles.

That would be a good thing. If Firefox is funded by donations, rather than by Google, it ensures there is no enshittification in the future. And yes, donations can fund a big project, as evidenced by Thunderbird and Ladybird.