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> I'd pay $1 a month for a browser run by the people. The bad news is that 12,000 other people would need to similarly pay per month to have a dev team of just
by mdaniel 2y ago
> I'd pay $1 a month for a browser run by the people.
The bad news is that 12,000 other people would need to similarly pay per month to have a dev team of just 10. I know Ladybird is lean and mean but finding that big of an audience (or, of course, bigger) who would pay for a browser, per month, is likely a non-starter
It would be a much more interesting proposal to start a bug bounty for the damn near infinite Bugzilla queue, although as I understand it some of the hassle of a bug bounty program is evaluating submissions. And don't say "but we'll use an LLM" or I'll throw up in my mouth
- sitkack 2y agoI generally frown on calculating market size like this, but 10% of the top 1B is 100m, if 1% of those paid a dollar a month, that is a million a month. Good for 100 fang eng. If Wikipedia can do it, a browser can do it.
- mdaniel 2y agoI hear you, and ironically I'm actually already in the target demographic of willing to pay for software I use and enjoy. Then again, I find that I am often an outlier in the "lengths folks will go to for good experiences" camp Anyway, at this moment in my life I don't have the emotional energy to launch this project, but if someone does then please tag me and let me know This project seems especially ripe for success because it doesn't need product market fit, it doesn't need requirements gathering, it just needs execution and a non-retarded bug tracking product
- sitkack 2y agoI am in the same boat, but luckily we just stumbled across tech that can help solve this problem.