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This looks like they're not so much launching a paid version of Firefox-the-browser, but a paid subscription service, including e.g. a VPN service. This is in l

by Vinnl 7y ago

This looks like they're not so much launching a paid version of Firefox-the-browser, but a paid subscription service, including e.g. a VPN service. This is in line with their recent push towards Firefox as a brand for related services and products like Firefox Send and Lockwise in general, with the browser being specifically referred to as Firefox Browser. So presumably, Firefox accounts will become a freemium service, where paid accounts have e.g. higher limits for Firefox Send, a VPN, etc.

absorber 7y ago
If Mozilla is able to setup Firefox as a turn-key noob-friendly solution for a more secure and private web experience, then I can definitely see this as a sustainable business model. For that however, many things (which are far from trivial) have to be done. Among other things: 1. Focus on security. That means among other things: 1a: Reducing core code complexity (for example, removing Pocket and integrating it only as an opt-in extension) 1b: More audits 1c: More Rust (and Servo by that extension) 2. Focus on integrating more privacy-enhancing features, such as: 2a: Reducing the effectiveness of browser fingerprinting 2b: Integrating more features from Tor-Browser into vanilla Firefox. Would be even better if they integrated Tor out of the box too. In fact, Firefox should perhaps aim at 0 difference between TBB and vanilla Firefox. 2c: Reducing reliance on (user-hostile) search engines. Perhaps integrate DuckDuckGo as default search engine in the future? 3. Focus on marketing campaign which includes super noob-friendly (video) tutorials. I'm thinking something in the Kurzgesagt style.