Ability to Donate money to the Firefox development team Directly

[jack1]

what the title says

[Camusa]

Dear sir,

Is it possible to donate tot thunderbird with 'ideal'?

I don't have visa or paypal

with kind regards,

Lex Kieliem

[Ford_Prefect]

Free and open source tools need money too!

... and most of us know that very well. But currently we only get a limited way of showing our love, based on the terrible way Mozilla organizes user donations/contributions.

1. Add an a way we can define for what a donation should be used
   (Firefox:*, Firefox:Desktop, Firefox:Mobile, Thunderbird, Mozilla Connect, ..., Charity, ...) ... Hey, not all Mozilla does gives me a good vibe. I want to support the developer actually producing something. Not the ones thinking about f* users over, by selling our data, providing to 'WeAllKnowWhatSearchEngine'  a scapegoat to escape monopoly charges, ...
   
2. Provide a way to donate via Bank transfere
   ... why should we pay unnecessary transfere fees to third parties, when we could use something way more simple and with an open standard.
3. Use your products to advertise product specific donation options
   ... make it simple, make it fast, dont overdo it! Ones a month is ok. Maybe suggest something like 1$/month/project ... add a link to a page explaining the expenses on a product/project basis.
4. Dont get greedy and suggest a high amout (20$/€/...).
   Suggest an amount most of us can spare, this will acquire more supporters, ditch these shady deals with google, pocket, ... Democratize Mozilla again, and people will come!

[TexZeTech]

Following up with my question on twitter.  https://x.com/TexZeTech/status/1814008798631309650

I want to donate and support the development of Firefox directly not other Mozilla projects.

There is no reason for this to not exist unless you really don't want support from your users.

[David-BZH]

Participation volontaire de 10€ pour soutenir Firefox

En regard du procès pour position dominante en cours, et afin d'anticiper des couts qui pourraient handicaper la fondation Mozilla, il faudrait proposer sur la page vierge du navigateur la possibilité de verser 10€ simplement et expliquer au client que c'est une façon d'exprimer son choix de choisir Firefox plutot qu'un autre produit...

In view of the ongoing trial for dominant position, and in order to anticipate costs that could handicap the Mozilla Foundation, it would be necessary to offer on the blank page of the browser the possibility of simply paying €10 and explain to the customer that this is a way of expressing their choice to choose Firefox rather than another product...

[Jon]

Thanks for submitting an idea to the Mozilla Connect community! Your idea is now open to votes (aka kudos) and comments.

[Jon]

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[rudihartinger]

Donate to Firefox Development

I know Mozilla Corp. struggles with funding. It would be nice if there was a way to donate to Firefox directly without the money being spent on extraorbitant CEO salaries. I would really like to support the Firefox Team and it's development. I don't want to live in a world where there are only Chromium browsers.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[myspace]

Yes! Bonus points if we can link to idea(s) from here that we would like to see developed.

[PaddyPatPat]

I would also like to add that the donation page for each project, (eg FireFox, Thunderbird) needs to have a target. 

Having just an open ended donation page without a budget associated with it doesn't provide any information to donors regarding how well the drive is going. Giving donors this information (and as up to date as possible) puts donors in a position to understand the position of the project so that they can make an informed decision whether they need to consider doing more, like increasing their donation, or if promoting the project to their own social media communities.

I would recommend that money provided from other sources, eg Google's contribution, should also be represented.

Firefox desperately needs sustainable funding.

[PointlessOne]

Mozilla goes deeper and deeper into privacy-violating territory in pursuit of money. So let me pay you for my privacy. Let me buy a Firefox license that explicitly legally binds Mozilla to not sell (in any meaning), transfer, share, license, and so on my personal information. Let me pay you to specifically focus on the Firefox product. I want a good web browser with good support of open web standards and secure piece of software. Please let me pay for Firefox development.

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)