tb_

But you just said

Mozilla could have focused on being user-supported through fundraising like Wikipedia.

It is an option.

Clearly it isn’t working well enough for them.

You can donate to Mozilla.

Perhaps they should’ve put that more front and center. But if they add a prominent donate button the people on here would probably lose their shit too.

Ah, like so. I thought you were referring to the article on the Patreon website with your initial comment, rather than the article in the post itself.

You’re right, the article is wrong. “Gross revenue” makes no sense.

Which is contradictory to the first line of the linked essay.

Is it though?
Current sign-ups are likely through Patreons own payment system, which will stay as it is. It would be like signing up in the web version, then going on to use the iOS app. That wouldn’t suddenly subtract 30% from a payment Apple has no control over.

Nokia doesn’t make smartphones either, they licensed their brand name to HMD Global.

(In case you might find that curious)

shows who they are.

A corporation. And when corporations have to make a choice, profit will always come first.

Note that the anon user is able to become root without password by default, as a development convenience.
(-) To prevent this, remove anon from the wheel group and he will no longer be able to run /bin/su.
(+) To prevent this, remove anon from the wheel group and they will no longer be able to run /bin/su.

“It” does seem like the way to go here, as it is referring to a built-in “anon” user account (best as I can tell).

How is that ironic?

You didn’t purchase a “HowToGeek” licence, I imagine. Nor was one included with your PC.

Just because you wouldn’t, means people shouldn’t be able to? Like, at all? Do with the device they bought as they wish?

what makes phones different in that regard?

Corporate greed

It possibly seeing a legal precedent is the scary part.

Edge allows you to “follow” YouTube channels outside of the website itself, not sure how deep that integration goes though as I’ve never bothered to use it.

Also this is the idea behind Grayjay, where creators would be able to have a “universal identity” across platforms.
For now it’s mostly a YouTube and some other video streaming sites alternative.