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Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by cassianoleal »

durnygbur wrote: post #44

Thunderbird is significant tool in my daily workflows. I created multiple profiles for RSS, email, calendar, contacts and usually have multiple instances opened at once. Everything operates smoothly. I would gladly setup monthly fee but also want to have the possiblity to cancel it at any time by the end of the month. This worries me: > https://give.thunderbird.net/en-US/help/ How long it takes to process cancellatio…

If you use Paypal or a virtual card, request cancellation and immediately cancel the virtual card or the PayPal recurring payment.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by howtofly »

Deukhoofd wrote: post #5
tr33house wrote: post #4

> Contributions are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions Why is this? I thought the Mozilla foundation owned this and it's a non profit

They moved it over to MZLA Technologies Corporation last year, which is a for profit, so they could monetize it. https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-moves-to-monetize-thun...

Er... Just about to make a monthly 5 bucks donation, then I read this.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by _wldu »

gnuarch wrote: post #24

On GNU/Linux Thunderbird ist my favourite GUI mail client, offering support for a variety of standards, including e.g. CalDAV (CardDAV in Beta), OpenPGP and S/MIME. Not sure whether Chat should be part of it, currently offering Google Talk, IRC, Odnoklassniki, and XMPP (Twitter finally gone). Support for Usenet News is appreciated, though I enjoy Pan. On GNU/Linux I thus consider GNOME Evolution as best alternative.…

I've used Sylpheed since the early 2000s. It supports PGP. It also considers HTML email as harmful. I agree with that.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by gowld »

stdbrouw wrote: post #42
MzHN wrote: post #2

>[...] wholly owned by the Mozilla Foundation. Funds will be reserved for use in the Thunderbird project. [...] Why doesn't Firefox have this?

Even if you could donate to Firefox specifically, that's still no guarantee because Mozilla could decide to just channel less money from other sources of funding towards Firefox and you'd end up where you started.

You end up one step from where you started, and if others join you it's more steps towards exhausting the buffer.

But the search ad revenue buffer is huge.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by gowld »

criddell wrote: post #46
spapas82 wrote: post #19

Late versions of Thunderbird have integrated GPG functionality. I have tested and used this extensively and I think it's a required feature that enables most users to have excellent security in their communications. For me, only this would be more than enough enough to switch to Thunderbird as my main mail client!

I recently switched off Thunderbird because the company I work for dropped PGP and switched to Microsoft's OME which is (surprise!) best supported by Outlook. I don't have the feeling that PGP/GPG is growing in popularity and if that's Thunderbird's big feature, it might not help them.

Is OME compatible with freedom? If so, Thunderbird could add support?

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by gowld »

wpietri wrote: post #41
Deukhoofd wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They moved it over to MZLA Technologies Corporation last year, which is a for profit, so they could monetize it. https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-moves-to-monetize-thun...

What in the world? I thought maybe their original statement would make more sense, but no: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2020/01/thunderbirds-new-home/ We received a lot of donations from the community, so we're going to shift to a for-profit footing? That does not make a lot of sense to me. One of the things I really like about Thunderbird is that it's from a not-for-profit entity. It makes it easier to trust them wi…

> it's from a not-for-profit entity. It makes it easier to trust them with so much of my most personal data.

Why? Non-profit status has nothing to do with privacy policy. It just means that money goes to employees and vendors instead of owners (who could be the same people for all practical purposes).

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by gowld »

howtofly wrote: post #52
Deukhoofd wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They moved it over to MZLA Technologies Corporation last year, which is a for profit, so they could monetize it. https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-moves-to-monetize-thun...

Er... Just about to make a monthly 5 bucks donation, then I read this.

If you love the product, why do you care how they spend the money for they value they already gave you? Do you ask for a refund from for-profit businesses after you use their product if you don't trust where the money will go?

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by gowld »

bjarneh wrote: post #32

Thunderbird is such a great program. Ever since I gave up Mutt as my default email program, I've been using all the time. One of the richest guys on the planet (Zuckerberg) was using Thinderbird in a photo some time ago I think. Perhaps if he reads HN; they can get an infinite lifeline.

He doesn't trust $trillion corporations with his mail?
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