A &quot;public utility&quot; has very specific  meaning, being an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service, that is subject to forms of public control and regulation and for which you pay taxes.<p>Is Mozilla subject to forms of public control and regulation? Do you pay taxes for Mozilla&#x27;s existence? If not, then Mozilla does not qualify.<p>My problem is actually twofold. On one hand bashing Mozilla is like bashing a charity and most people doing it have never donated or contributed anything. But also I don&#x27;t understand what&#x27;s the freaking deal with that Pocket button, which is nothing more than a shortcut that consumes nothing, that can be easily removed and for which Mozilla got nothing in return for the deal.<p>This is why Free Software will never happen at scale. Far more aggravating than the problem of the business model is all the shit these people have to put up with.