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I don't think user donations could replace $300 million a year.
by ngokevin 12y ago
I don't think user donations could replace $300 million a year.
- chimeracoder 12y agoFirefox has 450 million users[0] - if every user gave just $1, that'd already outstrip the amount they get from Google. (Yes, getting every user to donate is logistically impractical, but it's useful to think of the per-user cost when talking about consumer software.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox
- cpeterso 12y agoI think something like a "Firefox subscription", an automatic monthly donations like those offered by PBS and NPR, could be interesting. NPR calls this "sustained giving". [1] Many people don't mind donating if they are not nagged repeatedly. [1] http://www.slideshare.net/nprresearch/sustained-giving-results http://www.slideshare.net/nprresearch/sustained-giving-resul...