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They get 500M every year from Google and keep focusing on random bullshit instead of Firefox. Plus, the money you donate in no way is guaranteed to go to Firefox.
There's no way I'm donating money to an org like that. I use Firefox because it's the only alternative, but honestly, I hope Mozilla dies and is reborn as a Firefox non-profit. One singular focus: browsers. Only then will I donate.
But Google won't let them die. They need an excuse should they ever be accused of web domination. "What do you mean domination? We give half a billion a year to at least one competitor out there. What else are we supposed to do?".
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