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Voice Of America: Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance. The Conversation: A US Court has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly – and the internet might never be the same.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey should do it like Signal: accept donations. Signal is doing just fine. But Mozilla cannot legally do that as they are a for-profit company. And Mozilla Foundation won’t do that either because they are funded by Mozilla and under their command.
minus-squareLaborer3652@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoSignal is a teeny tiny little pet project compared to an entire browser and rendering engine.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou can accept donations if you’re a for-profit company, there’s no rule against that.
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoGoogle pays them 400 million. You really think they’re going to get anywhere close to that from donations?
They should do it like Signal: accept donations. Signal is doing just fine. But Mozilla cannot legally do that as they are a for-profit company. And Mozilla Foundation won’t do that either because they are funded by Mozilla and under their command.
Signal is a teeny tiny little pet project compared to an entire browser and rendering engine.
You can accept donations if you’re a for-profit company, there’s no rule against that.
Google pays them 400 million. You really think they’re going to get anywhere close to that from donations?