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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 fil

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.

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.