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The concern, I think, is that their spare cash is dwindling and thus financial prudence might be beneficial - especially for those who rely on the core Mozilla
by dotBen 8mo ago
The concern, I think, is that their spare cash is dwindling and thus financial prudence might be beneficial - especially for those who rely on the core Mozilla propositions like Firefox.
- noo_u 8mo agoThis might be financial prudence of sorts - doesn't something like 80% of their yearly monetary contributions come from Google, particularly for search partnerships? If they are concerned that Google will start paying them less because search has diminishing future returns, diversifying their income sources through investments in AI might be a good idea.
- input_sh 8mo ago> is that their spare cash is dwindling They're an NGO, you can just... look this up, it's public.
- dotBen 8mo agoSure and my time is limited. The last I heard was that the Google rev-share agreement was on the skids and they stopped developing projects like Thunderbird and Fake Spotter because they were capital constrained. If you know otherwise then you're better informed than I am I guess
- pseudalopex 8mo agoMozilla's assets increased again in their most recent financial statement.[1] Investing in AI startups will have high risk however. [1] https://stateof.mozilla.org/pdf/Mozilla%20Fdn%202024%20-%20AuditedFinancials.pdf https://stateof.mozilla.org/pdf/Mozilla%20Fdn%202024%20-%20A...