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Okay hear me out. What if we all chipped in 5 bucks to ? How many people would it take to fund it well enough so they don’t have to do layoffs? I get it, the FOSS community wants the “F” part (mastodon.social)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by brandonleedy@mastodon.social to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Okay hear me out. What if we all chipped in 5 bucks to @firefox? How many people would it take to fund it well enough so they don’t have to do layoffs? I get it, the FOSS community wants the “F” part but we all should contribute some for good infrastructure. And the idea that search engine payments from Google is what keeps Firefox afloat should worry us all. We need browser engine diversity if the web is going to stay open and not littered with walled gardens any more than it already is.

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[–] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The F isn't Free its Freedom.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Freedom open source software

[–] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Free = Freedom not free as in it costs nothing. Look it up.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah got it, it's free as in freedom not beer.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

It should be called loss as 8n libre and open source software, but that just sounds stupid