Just know I saw this, because I would never ever visit freaking groupon. “Sponsored shortcuts” can be disabled in the settings . Bleh :(

  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    295·
    3 months ago

    While you’re not wrong, it’s not the right attitude.

    I donate to Mozilla every year. It’s not chump change either. It’s the largest donation I make to an open source project. They are listed as beneficiaries in my will. When I make my donation this year, I’m going to tell them that they risk my next donation going elsewhere if they keep the path they are on.

    The web is quickly becoming enshittified and we, users, have some say in this.

    The Linux kernel is self supported without ads and many distros are able to make releases without ads. A browser that is our direct connection to each other and the world should be no different.

    Librewolf is probably the best candidate but they rely on Firefox to continue developing. Maybe it’s time to focus on Librewolf and try to get it working with Firefox.

    • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      241·
      3 months ago

      There’s absolutely no way I’ll donate after they announced shutting down mozilla.social in favor of flushing their money down the AI path.

    • cley_faye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      I will not say that you’re not doing the right thing, but I’d suggest reading the financial statements of Mozilla. If you think the way they’re steering Firefox is an issue, you may find a few surprises in there.

    • setVeryLoud(true);English
      1·
      3 months ago

      The Linux kernel is sponsored by many, many large companies who also contribute heavily to it. It is not lacking funds at all.