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What for pay browsers are profitable? And what engines do they use? Mozilla Corporation develop Firefox. You can give them money by subscribing to Mozilla VPN,

What for pay browsers are profitable? And what engines do they use? Mozilla Corporation develop Firefox. You can give them money by subscribing to Mozilla VPN, Mozilla Monitor, Firefox Relay, or MDN Plus. Few for profit companies like Mozilla Corporation accept donations. The compliance costs would exceed the revenue in most cases.

JohnFen 1y ago
> You can give them money by subscribing to Mozilla VPN, Mozilla Monitor, Firefox Relay, or MDN Plus. Isn't that just funding those services? Why should I have to subscribe to services I don't want or need instead of paying for the product I actually use? That's nuts.
- pseudalopex 1y ago
  What for pay browsers are profitable? And what engines do they use? > Isn't that just funding those services? No. The purpose of selling services was to reduce Firefox's Google dependence. > Why should I have to subscribe to services I don't want or need instead of paying for the product I actually use? The costs of supporting your precise preferences would exceed the expected revenue probably if the existing options are unacceptable to you. Would you pay for a Firefox edition with features you didn't need? Other browsers have parts of Mozilla's services for free. Safari, Brave, and Opera can hide IP addresses. Safari, Chrome, and Edge can monitor passwords. Safari can hide email addresses. Mozilla's services are Firefox Plus. Or you could make the services a gift to someone who wants them. Everyone would benefit. Most people will not pay for something they can get without payment. Few people willing to pay for something they could get without payment will refuse if something they don't need but can ignore effortlessly is added to the exchange. People opposed to paying for something they don't need but can ignore effortlessly have further demands often. Firefox must be Mozilla's sole product. Donations must be Mozilla's sole support. DRM support must be removed. Mozilla must allocate donations to specific features.

JohnFen 1y ago

> You can give them money by subscribing to Mozilla VPN, Mozilla Monitor, Firefox Relay, or MDN Plus. Isn't that just funding those services? Why should I have to subscribe to services I don't want or need instead of paying for the product I actually use? That's nuts.

pseudalopex 1y ago
What for pay browsers are profitable? And what engines do they use? > Isn't that just funding those services? No. The purpose of selling services was to reduce Firefox's Google dependence. > Why should I have to subscribe to services I don't want or need instead of paying for the product I actually use? The costs of supporting your precise preferences would exceed the expected revenue probably if the existing options are unacceptable to you. Would you pay for a Firefox edition with features you didn't need? Other browsers have parts of Mozilla's services for free. Safari, Brave, and Opera can hide IP addresses. Safari, Chrome, and Edge can monitor passwords. Safari can hide email addresses. Mozilla's services are Firefox Plus. Or you could make the services a gift to someone who wants them. Everyone would benefit. Most people will not pay for something they can get without payment. Few people willing to pay for something they could get without payment will refuse if something they don't need but can ignore effortlessly is added to the exchange. People opposed to paying for something they don't need but can ignore effortlessly have further demands often. Firefox must be Mozilla's sole product. Donations must be Mozilla's sole support. DRM support must be removed. Mozilla must allocate donations to specific features.