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U.S. seeks breakup of Google's ad-tech products after judge finds illegal monopoly
(www.reuters.com)
this post was submitted on 06 May 2025
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I wonder what will happen to Firefox.
I'm hoping they can figure out how to operate leaner and without Google money. People get mad about them but they're the best alternative we have and they do more good than any bad policy. At worst keep supporting Firefox while using a mild fork like Waterfox since the core of development is with Mozilla
They probably shouldn't base out of the US and everything Proton does as a business should have been Mozilla if they actually had better long term vision
Mozilla stubbornly refuses to allow people to donate to Firefox specifically (as opposed to Firefox and their other random projects they pull out of the hat every other quarter or so to be used for any of them at their discretion). I would have set up a monthly donation to Firefox long ago if only they allowed donations just to Firefox. I have read many others complain about the same issue over the years.
I see this sentiment pop up occasionally but it’s rare that anyone ever explains what else the Mozilla Foundation does that’s so egregious to make it not worth donating.
Pretty much all their other projects are not really worth it, e.g. that mobile OS, Firefox Send, their VPN, all those AI projects recently, Pocket,... and usually just lead to dead ends. Thunderbird might be an exception if I needed an email client but I do not.
And the ones that do seem useful and good bang for the buck, like Mozilla Observatory, get abandoned.