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Firefox has 200M clients right now [0] so if 10% of users subscribed 10$ per year that's 200M $ yearly revenue. I do not know why open source companies don't tr

Firefox has 200M clients right now [0] so if 10% of users subscribed 10$ per year that's 200M $ yearly revenue. I do not know why open source companies don't try to push low $ subscription model.. I happily contribute around 20$ per month to a couple web serial novelists so <1$ per month for an independent browser would be a pittance. [0] https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity

Gigachad 5y ago
I would pay for their vpn service and I would even pay for lockwise if they fixed the bugs. But they don’t sell the vpn in my country and they give lockwise away for free but leave it broken on iOS.
martin_a 5y ago
So the CEO can get a raise? Nah, thanks.
- jack_pp 5y ago
  CEO makes 3M per year, googling shows Mozilla revenue is ~900M, I haven't researched her and know nothing of her competence and effectiveness but I would have no issue with even a 5M salary for a person that would help build a strong enough open source browser.. the whole world would be better for it and I find it to be a small price to pay
  - martin_a 5y ago
    CEO also laid off 200 people while keeping his salary. Not a good person.
    - missedthecue 5y ago
      Is the CEO's job to maximise payroll?
      - happynacho 5y ago
        The CEO's job is to grow the company and have it improve or make products. Tanking Firefox and firing the developers (Servo team) is the opposite of that.
  - account_b 5y ago
    For all I care, a CEO can get whatever, if it's from the funds they raised, exclusively. Just not my donations or revenue directly from the product other people made. A "vision" or "leadership" isn't worth that much. Maybe connections are. Basically get payed for the stuff they exclusively enable. Maybe that's even what's happening here. I agree, it's probably not the main issue at hand considering the overall financial situation.

Gigachad 5y ago

I would pay for their vpn service and I would even pay for lockwise if they fixed the bugs. But they don’t sell the vpn in my country and they give lockwise away for free but leave it broken on iOS.

martin_a 5y ago

So the CEO can get a raise? Nah, thanks.

jack_pp 5y ago
CEO makes 3M per year, googling shows Mozilla revenue is ~900M, I haven't researched her and know nothing of her competence and effectiveness but I would have no issue with even a 5M salary for a person that would help build a strong enough open source browser.. the whole world would be better for it and I find it to be a small price to pay
- martin_a 5y ago
  CEO also laid off 200 people while keeping his salary. Not a good person.
  - missedthecue 5y ago
    Is the CEO's job to maximise payroll?
    - happynacho 5y ago
      The CEO's job is to grow the company and have it improve or make products. Tanking Firefox and firing the developers (Servo team) is the opposite of that.
- account_b 5y ago
  For all I care, a CEO can get whatever, if it's from the funds they raised, exclusively. Just not my donations or revenue directly from the product other people made. A "vision" or "leadership" isn't worth that much. Maybe connections are. Basically get payed for the stuff they exclusively enable. Maybe that's even what's happening here. I agree, it's probably not the main issue at hand considering the overall financial situation.