I love firefox and want to support it, I hate seeing the direction the company goes to with privacy.
Ask HN: Why can't Mozilla offer a paid privacy tier?
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#2Because it's not a billion dollar super scale business (that's apparently the only thing worth pursuing)
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#3Re: Ask HN: Why can't Mozilla offer a paid privacy tier?
#4What do you mean specifically by paid privacy tier? Mozilla offers some privacy oriented paid services... one comment here mentions VPN, then there is Monitor Plus for online data scrubbing, Firefox Relay for message masking, just from the top of my head
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#5becuase google is frienemy
Re: Ask HN: Why can't Mozilla offer a paid privacy tier?
#6What do you mean specifically by paid privacy tier? Mozilla offers some privacy oriented paid services... one comment here mentions VPN, then there is Monitor Plus for online data scrubbing, Firefox Relay for message masking, just from the top of my head
To add to that, privacy features that can be offered for free, like tracking protection in Firefox, often are, and thus are available to everyone. Services like Relay, VPN and Monitor Plus, which require upkeep of infrastructure, are paid or have paid tiers.
(Disclosure: I worked on both Relay and Monitor, but this is my own interpretation; I don't set pricing strategy.)
Re: Ask HN: Why can't Mozilla offer a paid privacy tier?
#7I would love to see a 'Donate to Firefox' button in Firefox. I would even donate on a monthly basis.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't Mozilla offer a paid privacy tier?
#8I would love to see a 'Donate to Firefox' button in Firefox. I would even donate on a monthly basis.
As long as the money goes to the browser, not the latest blockchain/“ai” initiative.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't Mozilla offer a paid privacy tier?
#9What are you referring to exactly? If Mozilla told you "sure, we'll take your money and give you a more privacy-preserving browser", what would you want to be different about it?
Re: Ask HN: Why can't Mozilla offer a paid privacy tier?
#10I would love to see a 'Donate to Firefox' button in Firefox. I would even donate on a monthly basis.
Mozilla Corporation is a for-profit organization, they can't handle donations. Mozilla Foundation don't need your money and won't use it to fund Firefox.