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Here is someone trying to explain why they're doing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-XYrMFb0A
Well shit. Guess I really have to ditch Mozilla. They make a great product and had a great mission - also generated a heap of revenue. But I guess why settle for good money when you could sell out your principles (and our data) in the pursuit of More Money🤦♂️
I don't see AI being the big money maker they think it is
They've been almost completely reliant on money from Google for over a decade. It's a tenuous situation and it's entirely possible that this money will be gone when the Google antitrust lawsuit is done. If Mozilla loses that revenue then it's basically game over for them.
We don't have to like it but Mozilla needs a new way to be funded and the options are limited.
Funding wouldn't be such an urgent matter were they not paying exorbitant salaries and bonuses out the ass to the people responsible for putting all their eggs into the Google basket in the first place, not to mention consultant fees to this that and the other.