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Google could already do this per your hypothetical given that Google donates millions.


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Pretty sure google is not a big enough donor to really matter.


They’re a non profit, you can go and see Google’s contributions easily yourself. Google is one of the biggest single entity donors


Where? All i could find is they donated > $50,000 but i dont see how much more. I guess it depends how much more, but that doesn't particularly seem like a lot relative to WMF's annual budget.


https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/google-org-donates-2-milli...

You’d have to look at their annual reports to get more granular info


The annual report does not have this info as far as i can tell.

That article is about the endowment not WMF itself. It might all be connected, but the endowment is removed enough that i think the argument that the donation gives google any control is silly.

It also says that there was a 1.1 million donation to WMF proper, based on a vote of google staff. Really not seeing the potential control there, given that it wasnt really directed by google executive. Regardless, i dont think a donation that is only ~1% of the annual budget is enough to give google any control


That doesn't argue for going further in serving Google.




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