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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2020 11:33:36 EST GeniusMusing

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   Mozilla Moves To Monetize Thunderbird, Transfers Project To New Subsidiary Slashdothttps://nu.federati.net/url/259947 >The Mozilla Foundation announced today that it was moving its Thunderbird email client to a new subsidiary named the MZLA Technologies Corporation. From a report: >Mozilla said that Thunderbird will continue to remain free and open source, but by moving the pro…
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     • GeniusMusing
     @geniusmusing The only conceivable monetization strategies would be advertising based. Or based on data-collection of a type that EU law prohibits (and California law allows opting out of). Banner ads? An ad-filled tagline at the bottom of messages? Pushing people to create accounts with $PAID_SPONSOR?
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     • GeniusMusing
     @geniusmusing@nu.federati.net I guess one more possible funding source is creating customized mail clients atop the FOSS version of #Thunderbird, but after the way they failed with #Eudora, I doubt anyone would trust #Mozilla to invest the resources to make such a thing viable.