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Firefox plan to show ads and shopping in the near future in the browser as an opt-out (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

submitted 3 months ago by jherazob@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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First focusing on AI and now this, already cancelled my donations, do we have a good fork to move to?

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[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Mozilla Corporation is a for-profit company founded in 2005 by the Mozilla Foundation. I think part of the problem is more people don’t realize this. It’s the same reason you can’t donate to Firefox development, donations to “Mozilla” go to the Mozilla Foundation, not the company that builds Firefox.

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, but the profits of Mozilla Corporation are all owned by the Mozilla Foundation, which has to adhere to all the usual 501.c3 rules about spending (i.e. it must be in furtherance of the stated mission of the org).

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The profits are owned by the Corporation, which is why the Corporation does all the crazy spending and paying millions to executives, because as long as there is enough separation what they do internally does not affect the tax situation of the Foundation. After the for-profit pays taxes, the non-profit can get dividends and other payments from them, but it is not just a way to wash away tax from all the money.

The Corporation acts like a company because it is one. This is different than Konqueror, Epiphany, or most of the Firefox forks.