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Would be great if Firefox set up monthly donations system on Patreon, OpenCollective or similar platform, and all donations would go directly to browser develop

by butz 6y ago

Would be great if Firefox set up monthly donations system on Patreon, OpenCollective or similar platform, and all donations would go directly to browser development.

jonnytran 6y ago
I would totally pay a yearly subscription to support Firefox, ideally giving me access to hosted features like Firefox Send (end-to-end encrypted sending of files). I realize that people who would do so are a minority. But maybe that would help solidify the idea that, while Chrome is for Google, Firefox is for its users.
- toyg 6y ago
  A bunch of random ideas: - partner with Dropbox to offer an integrated web-based filesystem and other file-oriented stuff like Send. - partner with bitwarden or 1Password to provide integrated authentication - the web desperately needs an open competitor to Google/Fb/Apple in this area, I’d definitely pay for this. They could probably just repurpose Persona. - rebrand Pocket (which, let’s be honest, has pissed off too many people to ever succeed) and use it to build something like old del.icio.us, targeted to (web) developers. - make containers more mainstream. The FB-container addon is wildly popular, surely there are other applications that could be baked in. All these should be optional services that can be turned on, never again we should see the corrupted practices that gave us Pocket.
  - pseudalopex 6y ago
    They already have Lockwise. Pocket had millions of users already when Mozilla integrated it. A lot of people seem to like the recommended articles. The minority who know and care Mozilla was dishonest about why it was integrated 5 years ago would just keep criticizing Mozilla for not removing it.
    - toyg 6y ago
      Lockwise is just another password manager. It’s also free, which means it’s never going to generate revenue. We need something that can rival “Log on with Facebook” and can generate enough money to self-sustain. I would happily pay to have Mozilla act as an independent super-secure auth provider for me, in a way I’d never do with any small startup.
      - rrdharan 6y ago
        They tried that already (Persona).
        toyg 6y ago
        Persona was supposed to be a standard, not a paid-for service.
trynewideas 6y ago
As an open source project, there's no reason a fund to support Firefox development has to in any way involve Mozilla. It can exist independently and fund developers directly. If having a sustaining fund dedicated solely to Gecko/Firefox development, and it seems implicitly to specific elements of that development (ie. not those that directly or primarily benefit other Mozilla services) is truly important, don't wait on Mozilla to provide one for you to donate to. They don't have the incentive, or frankly the need, to do that.

by butz 6y ago

Would be great if Firefox set up monthly donations system on Patreon, OpenCollective or similar platform, and all donations would go directly to browser development.

jonnytran 6y ago

I would totally pay a yearly subscription to support Firefox, ideally giving me access to hosted features like Firefox Send (end-to-end encrypted sending of files). I realize that people who would do so are a minority. But maybe that would help solidify the idea that, while Chrome is for Google, Firefox is for its users.

toyg 6y ago
A bunch of random ideas: - partner with Dropbox to offer an integrated web-based filesystem and other file-oriented stuff like Send. - partner with bitwarden or 1Password to provide integrated authentication - the web desperately needs an open competitor to Google/Fb/Apple in this area, I’d definitely pay for this. They could probably just repurpose Persona. - rebrand Pocket (which, let’s be honest, has pissed off too many people to ever succeed) and use it to build something like old del.icio.us, targeted to (web) developers. - make containers more mainstream. The FB-container addon is wildly popular, surely there are other applications that could be baked in. All these should be optional services that can be turned on, never again we should see the corrupted practices that gave us Pocket.
- pseudalopex 6y ago
  They already have Lockwise. Pocket had millions of users already when Mozilla integrated it. A lot of people seem to like the recommended articles. The minority who know and care Mozilla was dishonest about why it was integrated 5 years ago would just keep criticizing Mozilla for not removing it.
  - toyg 6y ago
    Lockwise is just another password manager. It’s also free, which means it’s never going to generate revenue. We need something that can rival “Log on with Facebook” and can generate enough money to self-sustain. I would happily pay to have Mozilla act as an independent super-secure auth provider for me, in a way I’d never do with any small startup.
    - rrdharan 6y ago
      They tried that already (Persona).
      - toyg 6y ago
        Persona was supposed to be a standard, not a paid-for service.

trynewideas 6y ago

As an open source project, there's no reason a fund to support Firefox development has to in any way involve Mozilla. It can exist independently and fund developers directly. If having a sustaining fund dedicated solely to Gecko/Firefox development, and it seems implicitly to specific elements of that development (ie. not those that directly or primarily benefit other Mozilla services) is truly important, don't wait on Mozilla to provide one for you to donate to. They don't have the incentive, or frankly the need, to do that.