undefined | Better HN

story

0 pointsjosteink11y ago0 comments

> Don't forget that a large chunk of Mozilla's revenue comes from Google

I'd love to support Mozilla as much as possible, but no way I'm keeping the default Google-search when you have stuff like DDG around.

Hopefully me wanting privacy doesn't impact Mozilla's financials too hard. Firefox + DDG only seems like the most natural combination: both are powerful and privacy-centric.

0 comments

Tepix11y ago

IMHO, Mozilla only appears to be privacy centric, in reality the way they hide the 3rd-party-cookie on-by-default setting shows that the user's privacy is not their top priority. I'm pretty sure that they are paid for hiding it like that and not blocking third party cookies by default (like Safari).

Disappointing.

The slogan on their page ("Committed to you, your privacy and an open Web") sounds hollow when considering this and their recent support for DRM.

alex_duf11y ago

Plus it doesn't forbid people to make a donation to support the software they like right ? That's what I do, knowing FFx isn't making any money from me, and knowing that I'm using years and years of development is a good enough reason for me.

zobzu11y ago

When you donate it goes to Mozilla Foundation while search deal money goes to Mozilla Corporation AFAIK.

That means they actually need donations for the foundation to run (but its not 800 employees so its much less money). Legally you can't fund the Foundation with the Corporation money - since that would make 2 Corporation and zero Foundation then :)

I don't know if the opposite is possible (send donations from Foundation to the Corporation) but I suspect it has the same problem/effect.

bzbarsky11y ago

> Legally you can't fund the Foundation with the Corporation money

The Foundation is the sole owner of the Corporation. The Corporation pays dividends to the Foundation.

Now the amount of those dividends can't be too much if the Foundation wants to keep its nonprofit status. "Too much" is determined by how much people donate: the restriction is on fraction of money that comes from non-donations.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse