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You are forgetting that Firefox has been around until now with no profit except Google's bribe. They could've at least tried to sell a paid version - what's th
by sph 2y ago
You are forgetting that Firefox has been around until now with no profit except Google's bribe.
They could've at least tried to sell a paid version - what's the worst that could happen? Any sale would be on top of what they're currently earning per download, i.e. pure "profit" that could be reinvested in the product.
It never was an "either/or" proposition.
- bad_user 2y agoThey did try some extra services, such as VPN or Pocket. I think at this point a Pocket subscription is how one can fund Firefox. But indeed, even if they ensure that donations go towards Firefox development, instead of other crap, that would be a step forward.
- closewith 2y agoPocket and the other Mozilla services fund Mozilla, not Firefox directly. My company uses Firefox professionally and we'd buy per-seat enterprise licences if they existed, iff they funded Firefox development. We have no interest in funding Mozilla, whose manifesto barely mentions Firefox and who has now decided that AI is their focus. https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/about/manifesto/details/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/about/manifesto/details/
- drusepth 2y ago> They could've at least tried to sell a paid version - what's the worst that could happen? Any sale would be on top of what they're currently earning per download, i.e. pure "profit" that could be reinvested in the product. Assumedly, a paid version would exclude some features that Mozilla is otherwise monetizing through (like selling your data). This doesn't seem like sales "on top of" what they're already earning, but rather an alternative that replaces (at least some of) existing monetization routes.