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Is there actually any way to pay for Firefox directly? I don't need their VPN service, but would probably be willing to pay something for Firefox.


It's not quite the same, but I pay for MDN Plus[1] even though I don't actually need any of the features

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/plus


I'd donate to the EFF instead. I love FF and use it exclusively, but organizations like the EFF are why software like FF can exist



There's also Relay. I believe you can buy it alone or bundled with their VPN.

https://relay.firefox.com/


Have been using Relay for months, I think it's a pretty good product. Shame that it's gotten onto virtually all abuse lists now, it's impossible to use my emails anywhere, even if I have a custom subdomain.


Sure (kind of)! Make a donation to the Mozilla foundation. https://donate.mozilla.org/ It's not directly paying for the product, but it also does show as "this user wants our vpn" in the stats.


As always, a note needs to be attached to this link. Money donated to the Mozilla foundation goes exclusively to their advocacy work, and none goes to the Mozilla corporation, which develops Firefox.


I reckon because it's not possible to pay for the product directly, Firefox is getting less financial support than it could. For example, I may not want to support many of the goals of the Mozilla foundation, but paying for a product that I'm using (Firefox) sounds reasonable.




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