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> 1) Mozilla does have alternate sources of revenue, like Pocket and Mozilla VPN. Not really though. All alternate sources are usually less then 5%. [1] As of
by ColoursofOSINT 3y ago
> 1) Mozilla does have alternate sources of revenue, like Pocket and Mozilla VPN.
Not really though. All alternate sources are usually less then 5%. [1] As of 2021, they made 73% of total revenue from Google. [2] Mozilla VPN? You mean the one that refuses to fix CVEs? [3] Yikes. No thanks.
1:https://frankhecker.com/2020/08/15/how-mozilla-makes-money-and-spends-it/ https://frankhecker.com/2020/08/15/how-mozilla-makes-money-a...
2:https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-invest...
3:https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/03/1 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/03/1
- dang 3y agoSorry for the offtopicness (I'm a mod here) - I'm afraid I only just saw these posts of yours from a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37376466 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37376466 (Sept 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37372118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37372118 (Sept 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37367785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37367785 (Sept 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37357369 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37357369 (Sept 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37345115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37345115 (Aug 2023) Those comments broke the site guidelines so badly that I need to let you know that we ban accounts that post like that, and ask you not to do it again—no matter how badly someone else's comments are or you feel they are. We're really trying to avoid having this site burn itself to a crisp, which is what unchecked flamewar leads to. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- ColoursofOSINT 3y agoFair enough. Couldn't have emailed me though?
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- ColoursofOSINT 3y agoUnderstood. I agree, I can get snarky. Although I don't quite agree with the strictness of the rules, this site is one of the most unique I have found, so something must be going right. I'll respect the rules.
- dang 3y agoAppreciated!