I'm often at the receiving end of angst about the business model funding #Firefox.

They do need to FUND the underlying web engines #Gecko & #Servo. Mozillians argue about implementations behind the scenes more than you do here. Why do you think we have such strong participation guidelines?

Go for a fork that resonates if you need. Waterfox, IceFox, there's loads! FOSS FTW!!

But consider donating to Mozilla and help support the only TRUE alternative to Google's "Blink" and Apple's "WebKit".

@david_ross I never understood what Mozilla does with donations. I thought that donations go to MoFo, not MoCo, and that devs are paid from MoCo while MoFo just does those pretty videos telling us how Firefox is gonna save the internet and thus the world.

You're telling me that donations from MoFo do make it into MoCo and to pay developers' salaries?

@JordiGH MoFo is the single shareholder of MoCo

@david_ross Yes, but how does the money flow? Money is a big motivator despite best intentions.

@JordiGH You'll find 20 years of financials from Mozilla Foundation and its assets (including MoCo) right here. Just change the year in the URL to go back each 12 months. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2016/

@david_ross Hmmmm... I wish I could get a straight answer. If I donate, do I help @tromey's salary or not? I'll try to puzzle through the financial statements later to see.

@JordiGH @david_ross I asked around and money donated to the Foundation doesn't go to the corp, only the other way.