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Definitely, if it's in a mainstream browser it suddenly seems a lot less clandestine. Just like a VPN. I wonder if this will create a load on exit nodes as the
by sleepychu 10y ago
Definitely, if it's in a mainstream browser it suddenly seems a lot less clandestine. Just like a VPN.
I wonder if this will create a load on exit nodes as the new users are unlikely to bring proportional exit nodes?
- netcan 10y agoThis is really nothing to do with Tor specifically, but it's a good fit for a question that I think is curious about optional payment systems. If your browser counted how much resources you've consumed in browsing and asked you to retroactively & optionally "pay your bill," could this generate the cash to keep the service running?
- etatoby 10y agoThis is a nice idea. It could keep running totals for other free resources as well, such as Wikipedia. I bet it would increase donations to useful projects like these.
- Cpoll 10y agoThis isn't altogether uncommon in free software, and is sometimes referred to as 'beggarware'. I've been guilted into donating by some of these, but if it's too annoying it can have the opposite effect and cause you to drop the software. One that comes to mind is a download site that tracked your download count and put a rainbow-colored '(maybe you should donate)' link next to it. Not very detrimental to the UX, but gets the message across.