• Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    Thunderbird is built by a for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, it just isn’t the Mozilla Corporation.

    • slacktoid@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Thunderbird is an independent, community-driven project that is managed and overseen by the Thunderbird Council, which is elected by the Thunderbird Community.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Thunderbird

      No. It's not.

      Edit: sort of is, under a subsidiary called MZLA but still seems more independent from mozilla and their shenanigans (I hope)

      • Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org
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        2 months ago

        What’s the sentence before that one?

        Here, read the latest news: https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-moves-to-monetize-thunderbird-transfers-project-to-new-subsidiary/

        Never wondered why Thunderbird donations aren’t tax deductible?

        • slacktoid@lemmy.ml
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          2 months ago

          OK... Now what actionable thing can I do with this info? Use outlook? What good would that do?

          I want firefox to exist to create a good browser and thunderbird to exist for a good email client. Is that too much to ask?

          • Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org
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            2 months ago

            I don’t think you need to do anything different. Sometimes when I learn new things I say “oh, interesting.”

            • slacktoid@lemmy.ml
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              2 months ago

              Fair nuff. Sometimes it's just overwhelming getting information of something I can't do anything by. Like oh great another thing that's going wrong rn... Woo hoo