Just know I saw this, because I would never ever visit freaking groupon. “Sponsored shortcuts” can be disabled in the settings . Bleh :(

  • ahal@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    I agree with the sentiment, but in this case Mozilla is a non-profit.

    And before someone jumps in… Yes, Mozilla Corporation is technically for profit, but it’s 100% owned by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      55·
      3 months ago

      Clearly they want profit or else they would be running a fund raiser. I personally don’t see Mozilla as a nonprofit in reality. Same story with OpenAI

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        I mean, it’s not just a thing you can call yourselves, there’s a legal definition. There’s no way to pay money out of a nonprofit into your pocket without committing embezzlement.

        • hedgehog@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          11·
          3 months ago

          If you work for a nonprofit, you can be paid a salary; if you control a nonprofit, you can pay higher salaries to yourself and/or your friends.

          • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            Yep. At which point that becomes embezzlement is super vague, but presumably it would be at some point. If you’re just a little loose with self compensation as opposed to potentially sinking the organisation, though, it would be hard to prosecute you.

            This also goes for the feed-the-starving-kids type nonprofits. I’m aware of examples that spend most of their budget on management and marketing IRL.

            IANAL