Ask HN: How to support Firefox / Mozilla as a small business?

So I run a small web design shop in Austria and am a long time Firefox and Thunderbird user.

I would love to spend some money to help make Firefox and Thunderbird stay open, trustworthy and most importantly relevant.

Since only some donations are deductable in Austria I'm looking for a service or product to buy to put company money to good use.

I am vaguely aware of some questionable decisions / events regarding mozilla and firefox. Ideally spending money would also help nudge things into a good direction and help firefox start becoming more independent of google.

I already looked into Mozilla vpn (I don't need it), Firefox Enterprise - which is not a thing on linux and the features don't help me either.

How do you guys support mozilla and firefox?

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gostsamo 4y ago ↗

Thunderbird accepts donations directly. You might be interested in buying a Pocket subscription for Firefox. Finally, make sure that you test the websites you create under FF and that you recommend it to family and friends.

toast0 4y ago ↗

If you're a web design shop, the best way to support Firefox is making sure the sites you build work on Firefox.

sirwitti 4y ago ↗

Absolutely! We make a point of our products working under Firefox!

ngokevin 4y ago ↗

Money isn't their issue. They get $500M/yr from Google, the question is whether they will spend any extra money in a meaningful way. I don't think more developers or whatever will change their course. FYI, donations go to the Mozilla Foundation (which does not work on Firefox) and into pockets of the execs.