• ran90dom@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    The last Mozilla executive had a salary of over 6 million before they replaced her with the new CEO making these changes. The owners of Anonym (previously Meta executives) made money when Mozilla bought them. There is still money to be made in non-profits.

    I’d love for nothing more than for there to be a viable alternative!

    They didn’t sell your data before, they didn’t die before. The idea that they suddenly have to start doing it now or else is incorrect.

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      4 months ago

      They didn’t sell your data before

      Firefox has been funded by ads from the beginning, and has had sponsored tiles (aka ads) since around 2014 I think?

      I personally think there’s a difference between selling ads and selling your data too. I’m going to go on a limb and say you see no distinction.