3 ms·
> Browser editors will finally have to consider their users as their customers again, not their product. Do you really think the users are going to pay for bro
by tasuki 2y ago
> Browser editors will finally have to consider their users as their customers again, not their product.
Do you really think the users are going to pay for browsers?
- freediver 2y agoYes. We had that business model for Orion browser since day one. Web browser is is the most important, most intimate piece of software on your computer. It is astonishing that ad-tech has convinced us for so long that someone else should be paying for our browser.
- tasuki 1y agoGood luck to you! I think the world would be a better place if people paid for their web browsers. And yet, I'm more than a little reluctant to pay for mine: It's not the cost, it's the dread that non-open-source software can disappear anytime. I want my browser not to disappear. I want it to continue working even if you go bankrupt or when hardware manufacturers start using a different architecture.
- freediver 1y agoDo you have the same expectations for other things you pay for - including software?