Something similar. I was a pretty regular doner to Mozilla for many years. I stopped because Mozilla spends money on lots of stuff I don’t care about and not on the browser.
I hope this works out for them. But I’m not sure the elevator pitch for Mozilla as a charity. Why do people donate to them?
They gave grants to change master/slave terminology in documentation. After that, I can't donate and assume the won't wizz away my money on some stupid endeavor.
To play devil's advocate: If Mozilla were purely focused on doing good for the internet, and had a funding problem that threatened their ability to do that, it's possible that carefully investing money in places that do some good and gives them returns is a good way to try and solve both problems at once.
Not that I have any faith in them. But this could be a good thing.
But it’s like if Doctors Without Borders/MSF started a soup kitchen in DC. Soup kitchens are good things, but if I donate to MSF I want my money to go towards a specific cause, not domestic soup kitchens.
There are already charity index funds for people who want to donate.
> To fuel an ecosystem of products and technology that respect users
Bring back the XUL extensions!