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@aral
"If we don't pay the CEO this much, they'll just go work in the private sector."

This is true yet we can still be irritated by this. But, railing against Mozilla doesn't fix the problem. The problem is capitulating to authoritarian thinking, which capitalism propagandizes is into doing.

The necessity of ungodly CEO pay is a scam. Condemning the public sector only further divides us. Save your wrath for the true enemies. Fight capitalism.

@Jeramee Mozilla is the public sector? Odd, their head of public policy had told me they were “just another Silicon Valley tech company” when asking me why I held them to such a higher standard. Guess she must’ve been confused at the time.

(Good thing then that we have Google to fund the public sector with half a billion dollars a year.)

@aral
Nonprofits are part of the public sector. Mozilla foundation is a nonprofit. Mozilla corporation, which is for-profit, controls Firefox.

That may sound strange, but it's to work around tax laws. If Firefox had a really good year, they must use or give away nearly all the money they've accrued if it's a nonprofit. As a for-profit, they can establish cash reserves.

I don't agree with staggering CEO pay. I merely say that we should fight the corruption's source and not a mere effect