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They’ve made $37.5M from investment income in 2023. [1] (That’s where I’m getting the 350 engineers figure from: $37.5M / $100k = 375.)

I’m not sure how risky their investments are. Also, I’m excluding donations altogether. If you can help prepare a more realistic model I’d be happy to share it!

[1]: https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:501c3_2023_990_Mozi...




So it was doable. They could have done it themselves. But in reality they don’t care about the browser


It was doable, and it is doable, and they are doing it.

Like any other organization, Mozilla consists of people. Some of them might not care about the browser and are just here for the money – of course they want Google’s money, too! But I believe most want to do the right thing – the problem is, the focus has been lost for quite a while now.




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