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Mozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survival (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
submitted 1 week ago by warmaster@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Imagine how much open source software could be developed for $500 million/year. What the fuck has firefox done?

[–] SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago

They've paid their CEO.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Try to get MORE money so that they can pay their CEO.

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

500 million would pay for almost 5000 full time developers.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 day ago

Fuck developers, we need more "leadership"

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hopefully Mozilla won't die until Ladybird or Servo is ready 😅

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I don't think the EU will let it die. Maybe Mozilla dies and Firefox gets reborn as a EU (ZENDIS?) project.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 days ago
  1. Finish off Firefox
  2. Break up Chrome
  3. Profit
[–] boboliosisjones@feddit.nu 96 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Ceo makes how much?

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[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Oh look we're back to the "open source software can't survive on its own without gobs of money and million-dollar CEOs wah wah wah" again.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 days ago

Fiy, the Mozilla Foundation is one of the highest rates charities on Charity Navigator.

They don't always make the best choices as far as product direction, but as a charity, they are quite respectable.

[–] sunglocto@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You say that as if we're lying. Mozilla's entire revenue is from the search deal. If it goes away, you can kiss the entire company goodbye. Not saying that OSS is inherently unable to survive or anything like that.

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago

Then die. Open source software wasn't created to generate revenue.

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[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 week ago (17 children)

Well goodbye mozilla it wasn't great knowing you. Hopefully you are able to fuck over the devs and golden parachute your c-suite bastards one last time.

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