• madjo@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    They’re looking for a sustainable revenue stream because the Google subsidy is bound to dry up.

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      3 months ago

      if they manage to make it an actual good product and also not host it in the US, they might even be able to pull it off

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      3 months ago

      Thunderbird and Firefox are developed by separate companies (both under the Mozilla Foundation). Thunderbird is funded through donations. Firefox is funded through (among other sources, such as Pocket and advertisements) the Google search deal. As far as I know it’s not legally feasible (or even possible) for the Firefox money to go to Thunderbird or vice versa.