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I've been wondering about this for a while. Especially now that they're actively supplying servers to support sync (which also at least at the time of writing d
by sulami 8y ago
I've been wondering about this for a while. Especially now that they're actively supplying servers to support sync (which also at least at the time of writing doesn't seem to allow running your own server).
- whoknowsnobody 8y agoThe same as Mozilla, default bookmarks and search engines. The founder, Jon, said that in every interview they ask him, shouldn't be too hard to find.
- sulami 8y agoThat makes sense. I wonder how viable this is financially, given that it's a very niche browser, at least right now.
- whoknowsnobody 8y agoI think Jon said somewhere that to start being profitable they needed something about 3 million users, and Vivaldi already has more than 800 000 according to their page and I heard some other sites saying it's already at over 1 million.
- nerdponx 8y agoThat's surprisingly economical, much more than I expected. I suppose "no tracking" search engines like DDG have a similar approach.
- whoknowsnobody 8y agoActually I don't thinks it's so surprising, the 90s did not have tracking and companies have survived and grown. But tracking is probably +5x more profitable minimum, while Vivaldi or Mozilla might get some $1/user Google probably makes $5-$15/user. And the reason of all the tracking and why companies fight so hard against legislation that try to cut their cash cow.
- nerdponx 8y agoAre there any "open" ad-targeting platforms, where you get to see where and how your data is used?