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Can someone please just offer an open source browser that I can pay towards somehow? IMO adtech is the root of all that’s wrong with the modern internet. It gi

Can someone please just offer an open source browser that I can pay towards somehow? IMO adtech is the root of all that’s wrong with the modern internet. It gives companies 2 masters: advertisers and users. Guess who’s prioritized when there’s a conflict between the needs of the two? Whoever’s paying the bills, of course.

ayushnix 5y ago
There's qutebrowser and you can donate directly to the developer but I'm not sure if you'd be comfortable using it. The major downside is that web extensions (addons) don't work in qutebrowser.
- 0des 5y ago
  > but I'm not sure if you'd be comfortable Oh I like this. It's subtle in a way that flies under the radar but still blesses someone's little heart effectively. On a side note: I love qutebrowser, even as someone who doesn't prefer Vim or Vim keybindings in things. I like it because it is slim up top, and does what you tell it to and not a stitch more. If it got paywalled tomorrow, but everything else remained the same and open, I could see paying 10 bucks a month for it.
  - The-Compiler 5y ago
    FWIW you can donate (via my GitHub Sponsors profile), I'd rather not force people to pay for it, though ;) One thing I would perhaps consider is having more "proper" releases for macOS and Windows (with things like code signing, automatic updates, etc. - perhaps even via the Windows and macOS stores) for a small one-time fee. But that's mainly because supporting those platforms properly costs me additional money (and additional time).
    - 0des 5y ago
      Thanks, hopefully github just emailed you about a new $10 monthly supporter :) edit: I am not a windows or mac user, I just like the thing you make.
- The-Compiler 5y ago
  Fun fact, I've been asked by a VPN company if I'd ship their (somewhat proprietary) VPN stuff with qutebrowser. The guy who contacted me didn't understand "if you won't offer a SOCKS or HTTP proxy, even if I wanted to, it's not possible". Naturally I would be anything but comfortable with such a "partnership" (the only thing I'm exploring is getting money from search engines for qutebrowser users' searches). Nevermind that it'd also be a bad idea from a monitary perspective, given that I'd probably lose more in donations that I'd gain from such a thing.

ayushnix 5y ago

There's qutebrowser and you can donate directly to the developer but I'm not sure if you'd be comfortable using it. The major downside is that web extensions (addons) don't work in qutebrowser.

0des 5y ago
> but I'm not sure if you'd be comfortable Oh I like this. It's subtle in a way that flies under the radar but still blesses someone's little heart effectively. On a side note: I love qutebrowser, even as someone who doesn't prefer Vim or Vim keybindings in things. I like it because it is slim up top, and does what you tell it to and not a stitch more. If it got paywalled tomorrow, but everything else remained the same and open, I could see paying 10 bucks a month for it.
- The-Compiler 5y ago
  FWIW you can donate (via my GitHub Sponsors profile), I'd rather not force people to pay for it, though ;) One thing I would perhaps consider is having more "proper" releases for macOS and Windows (with things like code signing, automatic updates, etc. - perhaps even via the Windows and macOS stores) for a small one-time fee. But that's mainly because supporting those platforms properly costs me additional money (and additional time).
  - 0des 5y ago
    Thanks, hopefully github just emailed you about a new $10 monthly supporter :) edit: I am not a windows or mac user, I just like the thing you make.
The-Compiler 5y ago
Fun fact, I've been asked by a VPN company if I'd ship their (somewhat proprietary) VPN stuff with qutebrowser. The guy who contacted me didn't understand "if you won't offer a SOCKS or HTTP proxy, even if I wanted to, it's not possible". Naturally I would be anything but comfortable with such a "partnership" (the only thing I'm exploring is getting money from search engines for qutebrowser users' searches). Nevermind that it'd also be a bad idea from a monitary perspective, given that I'd probably lose more in donations that I'd gain from such a thing.