ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoUS Court Rules Google a Monopoly in 'Biggest Antitrust Case of the 21st Century'.www.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down10file-text
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Voice Of America: Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance. The Conversation: A US Court has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly – and the internet might never be the same.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoThey should do it like Signal: accept donations. Signal is doing just fine. But Mozilla cannot legally do that as they are a for-profit company. And Mozilla Foundation won’t do that either because they are funded by Mozilla and under their command.
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoGoogle pays them 400 million. You really think they’re going to get anywhere close to that from donations?
minus-squareLaborer3652@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSignal is a teeny tiny little pet project compared to an entire browser and rendering engine.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYou can accept donations if you’re a for-profit company, there’s no rule against that.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoYou can do crowdfunding. But general donations is illegal in the US if I understand that correctly. https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/charitable-solicitation-state-requirements
They should do it like Signal: accept donations. Signal is doing just fine. But Mozilla cannot legally do that as they are a for-profit company. And Mozilla Foundation won’t do that either because they are funded by Mozilla and under their command.
Google pays them 400 million. You really think they’re going to get anywhere close to that from donations?
Signal is a teeny tiny little pet project compared to an entire browser and rendering engine.
You can accept donations if you’re a for-profit company, there’s no rule against that.
You can do crowdfunding. But general donations is illegal in the US if I understand that correctly. https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/charitable-solicitation-state-requirements