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Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month (www.techspot.com)
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[–] XLE@piefed.social 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

"The income part isn’t trivial, unless they find some alternative source of funding"

Addressed within the article by the insider:

For what it's worth, I'm not concerned for Mozilla isn't it running out of money. So long as Google or another large search engine exists, it can get cash. There are also a few other financial stability angles it can do which (frankly) would be better.

Google can easily afford to fund Mozilla, and it can't afford to stop. They still need to act like they aren't a monopoly.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

…Do they?

I feel like we are very close to a cyberpunk future where Alphabet doesn’t have to pretend.

And I feel that’s quite dismissive. Mozilla doesn’t have enough development resources as-is, hence the whole original article. And abandoning Servo. And a bunch of other things. If money was a non-concern, they wouldn’t be here.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

The problem is a bit circular. Mozilla is flippant with money because they get it from Google and they act like it will be eternal. Assuming an absolute worst case scenario: just based on 2024 finances, Mozilla has enough money to keep running for about three years with no funding if expenses remain stable (123/41=3).

It's worth noting that Servo and competing engine Ladybird are still in development, and they do not get Mozilla money...