Moving Forward with Firefox

Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by state on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @09:21PM (#9072102)

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by meritt on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @09:28PM (#9072126)

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/f...

> How does Mozilla generate revenue?

> The majority of Mozilla’s revenue is generated from search and commerce functionality included in our Firefox product through all major search partners including Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Amazon, eBay and others. Mozilla’s reported revenues also include very important individual and corporate donations and grants, as well as other forms of income from our investable assets.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by Thiz on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @10:06PM (#9072204)

I believe Mozilla should start an advertising network and offer cloud services like webmail, docs, blogs, photos, etc so people create an everlasting bond with their properties while maintaining the open web motto they are already known and praised for.

An extra couple billion dollars a year wouldn't hurt either.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by techonup on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @10:11PM (#9072225)

And, you know, buy a video service and make some glasses too. All in the name of not doing evil, right?

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by ironsides on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @10:23PM (#9072258)

Dont forget maps, reviews, and a social network.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by alexqgb on Thursday February 19, 2015 @01:12AM (#9072696)

Also, cars.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by aragot on Thursday February 19, 2015 @03:08AM (#9072966)

And drop the services we like a lot.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by esfandia on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @11:08PM (#9072353)

Just a nice customizable home page would be great, something like My Yahoo or the defunct iGoogle but better. Provide nice calendar and weather widgets and a good API to develop more and you're good to go. Insert ads in the widgets at will. There's not much in the way of competition either.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by eamsen on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @09:29PM (#9072129)

The Mozilla Foundation publishes an annual report[1] on that, which includes statements on its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.

[1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by k__ on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @10:11PM (#9072222)

Seems like Mozilla is more of an investment company than a software corp.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by ironsides on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @10:27PM (#9072271)

Valid. Its nice to know where the money flows from. At the same time, I could care less how they make the money and more about 'this is how Mozilla disrupts'.

That, if we get down to it, is what they were originally set out to do.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by phaemon on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @09:29PM (#9072127)

Try: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/documents/

It has their financial statements.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by LawoftheHarvest on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @09:23PM (#9072109)

I was thinking the same thing today. I agree.

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Re:Moving Forward with Firefox by state on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @09:24PM (#9072112)

It's tough to read that post and not think 'how do these people make money?' Not as though there's some reason why they shouldn't — it's just not clear how it works.

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