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{{InfoboxCompany

|Name=Mozilla|Type=Private|Founded=1998|Industry=Open Source Software, Advertising|Official Website=https://www.mozilla.org/|Logo=Mozilla Logo 2024.svg.png}}

[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla '''Mozilla'''] is a [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software free software] community which develops, publishes and supports open source software. The community is supported institutionally by the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization non-profit] [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation Mozilla Foundation] and its tax-paying subsidiary, the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation Mozilla Corporation].

==Consumer impact summary==

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#Magnifying the public benefit aspects of the internet is an important goal, worthy of time, attention and commitment.

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==Excessive Executive Pay Critiques==

Mozilla has been losing market share consistently for 15 years.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#/media/File:BrowserUsageShare.png</ref> Despite Mozilla’s continuous decline, executive compensation at both the Mozilla non-profit & Mozilla for-profit are disproportionately high.

===Industry examples===

{| class="wikitable"

|+Executive Compensation vs. Revenue Comparison

!Year!!Company!!Executive!!Compensation!!Total Revenue!! % of Revenue!!Source

|-

|2018||Google||Sundar Pichai||$1,881,066||$136,819,000,000||0.0014%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Sec.gov_Archives_edgar_data_1652044_000130817918000222_lgoog2018-def14a.htm.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:20180204_alphabet_10K.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 10-K Filing]</ref>

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|2023||Google||Sundar Pichai||$8,802,824||$307,394,000,000||0.0029%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Google_def-14a_2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Goog-10-k-2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 10-K Filing]</ref>

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|2018||Mozilla (Foundation + Corporation)||Mitchell Baker||$2,458,350||$450,860,000||0.55%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-2018-form-990.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2018-short-form-final-0926.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Financial Statement]</ref>

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|2023||Mozilla (Foundation + Corporation)||Mitchell Baker||$6,223,660||$653,012,000||0.95%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>

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|2023||Mozilla Foundation (Non-Profit only)||Mark Surman||$661,886||$64,660,933||1.02%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>

|}

Google far surpasses Mozilla in both revenue and market share. Yet, Google pays its executives a much lower percentage of overall revenue. For instance, in 2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai earned '''$1.88 million''', which was only '''0.0014%''' of Google’s '''$136.8 billion''' in revenue<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Sec.gov_Archives_edgar_data_1652044_000130817918000222_lgoog2018-def14a.htm.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:20180204_alphabet_10K.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 10-K Filing]</ref>. By 2023, his compensation increased to '''$8.8 million''', yet it still amounted to just '''0.0029%''' of Google’s staggering '''$307.4 billion''' in revenue<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Google_def-14a_2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Goog-10-k-2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 10-K Filing]</ref>.

In stark contrast, Mozilla’s leadership has consistently taken home a much larger percentage of the organization's revenue, despite its financial struggles & crushing defeat in browser market share. In 2018, Mitchell Baker received '''$2.46 million''', amounting to '''0.55%''' of Mozilla’s total combined revenue of '''$450.9 million'''<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-2018-form-990.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2018-short-form-final-0926.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Financial Statement]</ref>. By 2023, as Mozilla’s total combined revenue increased to '''$653 million''', executive compensation stayed disproportionately high: Baker received '''$6.22 million''' ('''0.95%''' of total revenue)<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>. Meanwhile, Mark Surman, who only works for the Mozilla Foundation (non-profit), earned '''$661,886''', which accounted for '''1.02%''' of the Foundation’s '''$64.7 million''' in revenue<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>.

The disparity between Mozilla’s executive pay & its financial performance is shocking—Google, a company with '''infinitely''' more market success, compensates its CEO at a fraction of its revenue, while Mozilla, a failing browser in terms of market share, provides a much higher percentage of its limited revenue to executive salaries to individuals that contribute no code.

==Incidents==

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We evaluated Looking Glass based on whether or not it upheld user privacy. Since it did not collect any data, we felt that it was safe. In retrospect, not capturing data was a strong indicator that this was not a good SHIELD study candidate, so we’re making sure we’re going to specifically evaluate future studies based on this criteria to ensure that we don’t repeat our mistake.</blockquote>

== Alternatives ==

==Alternatives==

There are other browsers using the same browser engine as Firefox, but with the telemetry and data gathering removed and privacy firendly preferences set by default. For desktop operating systems, this includes [https://librewolf.net/ LibreWolf] and [https://icecatbrowser.org/index.html GNU Ice Cat]. On Android, [https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/ Fennec] is available via the F-Droid store.

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 {{InfoboxCompany
 |Name=Mozilla|Type=Private|Founded=1998|Industry=Open Source Software, Advertising|Official Website=https://www.mozilla.org/|Logo=Mozilla Logo 2024.svg.png}}
 [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla '''Mozilla'''] is a [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software free software] community which develops, publishes and supports open source software. The community is supported institutionally by the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonprofit_organization non-profit] [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation Mozilla Foundation] and its tax-paying subsidiary, the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation Mozilla Corporation].
 ==Consumer impact summary==
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 #Magnifying the public benefit aspects of the internet is an important goal, worthy of time, attention and commitment.
 </blockquote>
+==Excessive Executive Pay Critiques==
+Mozilla has been losing market share consistently for 15 years.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#/media/File:BrowserUsageShare.png</ref> Despite Mozilla’s continuous decline, executive compensation at both the Mozilla non-profit & Mozilla for-profit are disproportionately high.
+===Industry examples===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Executive Compensation vs. Revenue Comparison
+!Year!!Company!!Executive!!Compensation!!Total Revenue!! % of Revenue!!Source
+|-
+|2018||Google||Sundar Pichai||$1,881,066||$136,819,000,000||0.0014%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Sec.gov_Archives_edgar_data_1652044_000130817918000222_lgoog2018-def14a.htm.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:20180204_alphabet_10K.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 10-K Filing]</ref>
+|-
+|2023||Google||Sundar Pichai||$8,802,824||$307,394,000,000||0.0029%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Google_def-14a_2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Goog-10-k-2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 10-K Filing]</ref>
+|-
+|2018||Mozilla (Foundation + Corporation)||Mitchell Baker||$2,458,350||$450,860,000||0.55%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-2018-form-990.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2018-short-form-final-0926.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Financial Statement]</ref>
+|-
+|2023||Mozilla (Foundation + Corporation)||Mitchell Baker||$6,223,660||$653,012,000||0.95%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>
+|-
+|2023||Mozilla Foundation (Non-Profit only)||Mark Surman||$661,886||$64,660,933||1.02%||<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>
+|}
+Google far surpasses Mozilla in both revenue and market share. Yet, Google pays its executives a much lower percentage of overall revenue. For instance, in 2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai earned '''$1.88 million''', which was only '''0.0014%''' of Google’s '''$136.8 billion''' in revenue<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Sec.gov_Archives_edgar_data_1652044_000130817918000222_lgoog2018-def14a.htm.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:20180204_alphabet_10K.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2018 10-K Filing]</ref>. By 2023, his compensation increased to '''$8.8 million''', yet it still amounted to just '''0.0029%''' of Google’s staggering '''$307.4 billion''' in revenue<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Google_def-14a_2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 Proxy Statement]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Goog-10-k-2023.pdf Alphabet Inc. 2023 10-K Filing]</ref>.
+In stark contrast, Mozilla’s leadership has consistently taken home a much larger percentage of the organization's revenue, despite its financial struggles & crushing defeat in browser market share. In 2018, Mitchell Baker received '''$2.46 million''', amounting to '''0.55%''' of Mozilla’s total combined revenue of '''$450.9 million'''<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-2018-form-990.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2018-short-form-final-0926.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2018 Financial Statement]</ref>. By 2023, as Mozilla’s total combined revenue increased to '''$653 million''', executive compensation stayed disproportionately high: Baker received '''$6.22 million''' ('''0.95%''' of total revenue)<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>. Meanwhile, Mark Surman, who only works for the Mozilla Foundation (non-profit), earned '''$661,886''', which accounted for '''1.02%''' of the Foundation’s '''$64.7 million''' in revenue<ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:B200-mozilla-foundation-form-990-public-disclosure-ty23.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Form 990]</ref><ref>[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/File:Mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-1209.pdf Mozilla Foundation 2023 Financial Statement]</ref>.
+The disparity between Mozilla’s executive pay & its financial performance is shocking—Google, a company with '''infinitely''' more market success, compensates its CEO at a fraction of its revenue, while Mozilla, a failing browser in terms of market share, provides a much higher percentage of its limited revenue to executive salaries to individuals that contribute no code.
 ==Incidents==
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 We evaluated Looking Glass based on whether or not it upheld user privacy. Since it did not collect any data, we felt that it was safe. In retrospect, not capturing data was a strong indicator that this was not a good SHIELD study candidate, so we’re making sure we’re going to specifically evaluate future studies based on this criteria to ensure that we don’t repeat our mistake.</blockquote>
-== Alternatives ==
+==Alternatives==
 There are other browsers using the same browser engine as Firefox, but with the telemetry and data gathering removed and privacy firendly preferences set by default. For desktop operating systems, this includes [https://librewolf.net/ LibreWolf] and [https://icecatbrowser.org/index.html GNU Ice Cat]. On Android, [https://f-droid.org/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/ Fennec] is available via the F-Droid store.