Mozilla should not be a business, full stop.

The fact that is being run like one, albeit poorly is exactly the problem.

I don't think you realize the irony in calling my post childish here. "C'mon" I guess?

How would Mozilla replace the $500M a year from Google to not be a business?

Myself and I believe many others are willing to put money where our mouths are for an organization leading by example with regards to stewardship, much as this org has done in the past prior, instead of all these continued distractions, and ESPECIALLY if they stop swallowing this poisonous "donation" from Google. The fact that they do makes me wary of sending them a single penny. They'll just keep doing shit like they have been in recent years...

I can understand where you're coming from, but this seems a little misguided. Are you personally trying to pledge at least 1 full devs salary to Mozilla in exchange for less AI products? At the end of the day this really comes down to the money. If you want Mozilla to do the things you say you want from them, they need more than donations. Good will doesn't build a browser, that shit's expensive. It's like you're asking for a games studio to just give you an MMO out of the goodness of their heart for a few scraps from people who support their mission. The world doesn't work that way, without products like these I imagine Mozilla wouldn't be around much longer in the way you describe considering most of their salaries are paid directly by that 'poison' you describe.

The foundation never gets more than 10M / year in donations. You really think their donation rate could possibly go up by more than 50x just by cutting ties with Google?

LMFAO. No, your belief will just starve the devs. This is open source world. Talk is cheap, show me what you've done at Firefox level that pay the devs well.

Maybe they shouldn't be, but they are. As a for profit corporation with employees they are very much a business not just "run like one"