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[-] rosahaj 26 points 4 weeks ago

I'm quite upset about how even our open source spaces are getting enshittified :( (besides mozilla's previous problems) Honestly, I might just go back to qutebrowser

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago

The unavoidable problem is that things cost money. Everything Mozilla does costs money, from hosting their website to paying developers. If they are giving away the software free to users, where is the money going to come from? Previously (and I think currently) a lot of that money is coming from Google, but being beholden to that one company is not ideal. So Mozilla has to look for alternate income.

I can at least empathize with the shitty position they are in where they have to find a way to monetize enough to exist, without becoming just like Google.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 weeks ago

I recently checked and saw that over the span of 10 years, I have donated a lot of money to Mozilla. That stopped last year when they started pushing AI in their browsers that required opt out. They were listed in my will as a r 50% recipient of my estate, but has now been replaced by the EFF.

They are pissing off their main base for short term "profits".

I get that things cost money. But Wikipedia costs money too but they are fiercely user centric.

Firefox used to be. Likely due to pressures from Google and other ad companies. But still, they could do better.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago

Crowdfunding

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

Is a wonderful tool for raising capital for startups or large purchases. It's not a good source for reliable income once your project is no longer the new hotness.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago

Tell that to the massive donations KDE has been receiving recently once they made it easy to donate from within their software.

[-] rosahaj 1 points 3 weeks ago

I can understand the position, absolutely. It's almost unavoidable that the cost of development will balloon as malicious actors gain steam from decades of development. It just doesn't sit right by me, we lose so much in the process.