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  • Been using Tumbleweed as well. May I ask if you encountered these 2 issues:

    1. Copy 1Gb movie to flash drive, says it’s done in 10 seconds. Try to remove the flash drive, still in use. Turns out it’s actually still copying.
    2. Send some files, whatever the size, even 10Mb, to the trash and it takes a minute per file.

    Stumbled upon some github issues saying that it’s a longstanding problem (since 2009 even), but I can’t believe that people put up with it for so long without fixing it.

    I’m not even thinking of changing DE but this is annoying to say the least.




  • Independently of the Mozilla team, yes.

    However, my understanding is that, if Thunderbird were to become hugely profitable, the Mozilla Foundation would benefit financially, though indirectly.

    The organizational structure:

    • Mozilla Foundation = parent organization
    • MZLA Technologies Corporation (which owns Thunderbird) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation
    • Mozilla Corporation (which produces Firefox) is also a subsidiary of the Foundation

    When Thunderbird moved to MZLA Technologies Corporation in January 2020, this was specifically done to allow Thunderbird to “collect revenue through partnerships and non-charitable donations”.

    As a wholly owned subsidiary, any profits generated by MZLA would ultimately flow back to its parent organization, the Mozilla Foundation.

    In the end, that revenue would probably go to all the smart investments we’ve seen the Mozilla Foundation make over the previous years. 🙄