Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on commercial products

Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by mikece on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:22AM (#24120520)

I wonder if it would work for companies/services to offer perks to their users in exchange for donation to Mozilla? It's a weak example but if, for a $50 donation, you could get an icon on your HN profile -- and that shows up with your comments -- that you're a financial supporter of Mozilla that might drive donations. Granted, HN is a pretty small community but if, say, Facebook offered a perk level for supporting Mozilla it might get the network effect going perhaps.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by wussboy on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:27AM (#24120581)

I would happily pay for a “premium” Firefox experience, even if that premium was only cosmetic. I have received so much value from Firefox over the years that it would be an honour to support them directly.

Yes I know I can donate. But I want to pay, and that’s different somehow.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by ForHackernews on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:28AM (#24120598)

Pay for their VPN! https://vpn.mozilla.org/

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by dencodev on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @11:51AM (#24121702)

I signed up on day 1 and have really liked it. Works much better than the other vpn software I've had. And having it on Android too had been great

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by cure on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:41AM (#24120735)

Huh, no Linux (or Mac) version yet.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by marmshallow on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:27AM (#24120580)

Reddit has been somewhat successful in this regard, but it doesn't feel like the most stable business model.

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