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Re:Mozilla Foundation pausing cryptocurrency donations by woodruffw on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:50AM (#29839703)
> They probably have enough money from Google anyway, why would they need any other?

If I was in charge of Mozilla's finances (which I'm not), I would be perpetually anxious about Google yanking their money as soon as its lawyers are sufficiently convinced that another browser vendor's marketshare sufficiently deflates any accusations of monopoly.

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Re:Mozilla Foundation pausing cryptocurrency donations by smsm42 on Friday January 07, 2022 @04:00PM (#29844745)
If Google yanks their money, they're dead anyway. Unless they make similar arrangement with Microsoft or such. I don't see how they can exist and finance themselves as an independent entity.
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Re:Mozilla Foundation pausing cryptocurrency donations by woodruffw on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @08:59AM (#29891504)
Hence the fundraising. I don't personally find it surprising that "you're dead anyways" isn't an acceptable conclusion to Mozilla's leadership, regardless of whether it happens to be likely.
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