Google is just one example of this. Any company now has a pathway to do so.
I think this is terrible incentives, and destroys the goal of having an Encyclopedia free from interference where only truth can come through
Pretty sure google is not a big enough donor to really matter.
You’d have to look at their annual reports to get more granular info
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
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/google-org-donates-2-milli...
[2] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/14/google-org-fellowship-...
Google can demand all they want, even if they somehow got WMF on board, WMF couldn't do anything about it.