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Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] ConstipatedWatson 8 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I know this will irk some people but... Do you know why using Gmail or YouTube on Firefox feels slower on an Apple computer?

I use Firefox on Android exclusively, but on Apple computers I still use Chrome more since Firefox seems to either be slow on certain websites or use too much memory (I'm sure it's not Mozilla's fault here)

BTW I actually donate to Mozilla because I think it needs to survive (though it must be a drop compared to what Google pays Mozilla and I hope they keep doing it), but I'm not using Firefox all the time as I'd like, since the experience looks a tad worse on Desktop

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

BTW I actually donate to Mozilla because I think it needs to survive

Donations to Mozilla go to the Foundation, not to Mozilla Corp., which is the one developing FF. So you aren't fueling FF development.

Anyway, I've read elsewhere that they're doing fine also without donations: they get 7M$/year in donations and their CEO gets 5M$/year. It doesn't look like they're actually starving...

You may want to think twice before wasting your money:

https://old.reddit.com/r/browsers/comments/yy986k/can_someone_explain_why_mozillas_ceo_salary/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Baker#Negative_salary-achievements_correlation_controversy

https://techrights.org/o/2022/02/17/mozilla-salaries/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28116853

https://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html

But it's your money, in the end. Do whatever makes you feel better.

[–] ConstipatedWatson 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, OK.

I did not know that. I meant to keep Firefox afloat, much like I donate to Wikipedia. Good to know then (there are other important projects to donate too)!

Thanks!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I consider Wikipedia the most important piece of the internet. Actual, it's the only website I'd save from the internetcalypse.

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