Eh... article behind a paywall. But yes Mozilla's finances and top management are sadly extremely sketchy... basically they are bought opposition by Google. Sadly, as Firefox is a really important part of the web and works quite well.

[–] dynge@fosstodon.org 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@poVoq @ray

What really? I did not know this. Any articles you can refer to us is this speculation?

[–] ray@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't have articles. But this is the full text of the article I originally linked to https://pastebin.com/6D2D5iiW

[–] dynge@fosstodon.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@ray
The article kind of ends on a cliffhanger. I am intrigued by these questions. It just seems odd :blobfoxconfused:

[–] KelsonV@wandering.shop 2 points 2 years ago

@dynge @ray This piece is weird. It's like the author did whole lot of digging based on the assumption that the organization is supposed to be all about making Firefox, turns up a whole bunch of things that don't fit that assumption, concludes that it's wrong, then criticizes and asks questions from the perspective that it's right and something doesn't add up...

...but didn't look around on Mozilla's website?

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/

[–] dynge@fosstodon.org 1 points 2 years ago

@ray
Thanks for sharing

[–] stephen@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

The hero we need

[–] brombek@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mozilla is, always was and will be mostly financed by Google.

[–] dynge@fosstodon.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@brombek
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting and a little depressing that companies may get so large that they support competitors just enough to avoid monopoly.

[–] jonuno@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Adobe leaves the chat

[–] fit6529@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay, Mozilla financially depends on Google. Yes, that's pretty sad. But I think it's too soon to quit on them. They're trying to make privacy ecosystem and that might help them become independent.

As for now, even though Mozilla is financed by Google, did the dependence really influenced Mozilla's decisions?

[–] dynge@fosstodon.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@fit6529
That is most likely something that won't be made public but it definitely puts an ✳ on any decision they make.

I will continue to use Firefox though. But today I learned :blobfoxhappy:
@brombek