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i wonder why mozilla hasn't tried a premium pricing model? the premium version of firefox could have a yearly subscription of, say, $24. it would have all priva

• ACow_Adonis 7y ago
  The brand risk of having firefox associated with the free version would be horrendous. To have a premium product, you need to have a non-premium product, and given that most users would use the non-premium product, firefox would quickly become associated with a browser that has the actually desirable features turned off... Which would probably be even worse than their low market take up at the moment (and I am typing this on firefox).
  • oops 7y ago
    I agree. Maybe they could differentiate the two versions with a badge or some adornment in the UI which appears grayed out in the “free” edition. I guess it’s the same as asking for donations but maybe not as blatant. Also not sure why they stopped selling merch. I would buy some right now.
• pbhjpbhj 7y ago
  Because if they suggest anything to remove the whales then their paymasters will veto it? The people who would pay for a subscription are surely some of the most valuable for advertising to, and FF in its current form exists because of advertising.
• tinus_hn 7y ago
  They don’t want that but you are free to do so yourself, it’s free software.