Mozilla cofounder accuses the internet browser company of partnering with 'planet-incinerating Ponzi gifters' by accepting crypto donations

Business Insider ^ | 05 January 2021 | Katie Canales

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The Mozilla Foundation, the entity that oversees the Mozilla Firefox internet browser, is now accepting donations in cryptocurrency.

One of the browser's founders is not happy about it.

The company tweeted on Dec. 31: "Dabble in @dogecoin? HODLing some #Bitcoin & Ethereum? We're using @BitPay to accept donations in #cryptocurrency."

Jamie "jwz" Zawinski, who helped build the Mozilla Project that was released in 2002, tweeted in response that he's "here to say f.. you and f... this."...

...He wasn't the only one to level criticism at Mozilla's move on Twitter this week. Peter Linss, the founder of Gecko — the Mozilla-launched engine that powers the internet browser — tweeted in support of Zawinski.

"What. The. Actual. F---," Linss tweeted at the company. "You were meant to be better than this."

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sentiments widely echoed

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Mozilla accepts donations and gets millions from search engine searches.

Why are crypto donations a problem?

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Mozilla led the cancel culture crap back in 2008 when they fired Firefox president Brendan Eich for donating money to Prop 8, the defense of marriage ballot proposition here in Cali.

Lets’s Go Mozilla!

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Mozilla led the cancel culture crap back in 2008 when they fired Firefox president Brendan Eich for donating money to Prop 8, the defense of marriage ballot proposition here in Cali.

That’s when I dumped Mozilla. Though they lured me back into the building a couple of times since under false pretenses for some AR and Rust meetups (there are still dissidents inside the Mozilla Foundation)...