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Re: MDN Plus

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Post by worble »

Someone1234 wrote: post #16

The $10/m right now seems on the high side. Even the copy suggests you're better off not getting this, waiting at least a year for the content to be posted "every month," then subbing for a single month to read it all. Maybe the Wikipedia/donation model would have been a better play for MDN then this, particularly as freemium was originally about micro-transactions, not $2 more than the cost of Netflix's Basic tier.…

It seems to be an A/B test, it's $5/m on my side. Which seems fair to me, although I agree about the product angle; I don't care at all about extra content or features, I'd rather just pay to keep MDN going and have everything available to everyone.

Re: MDN Plus

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Post by asciimov »

Zababa wrote: post #25

$5 a month when I'm using my regular web browser (chrome), $10 a month when I'm using private navigation. $10 a month on Firefox too. Maybe because I'm in Europe and it's adjusted to salaries/cost of living?

I see $5 a month on Firfox/Linux in the US.

Re: MDN Plus

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Post by terminalserver »

moron4hire wrote: post #19
terminalserver wrote: post #6

With all the uncountable billions of dollars in the banks of Apple, Microsoft, Google etc, none of them can manage to come up with documentation to compete with MDN which has to go freemium to be viable. Presumably that’s because they can’t link your identity to it or something, making it nit worthwhile doing. Apple: “we’re a hardware company, it’s not our job to document the web” Microsoft: “Internet Explorer failed…

I wouldn't be including Microsoft in that list. Microsoft's own documentation is excellent.

Microsoft shut off their documentation in favor of MDN.

Re: MDN Plus

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Post by PaulHoule »

krono wrote: post #29
PaulHoule wrote: post #8

If EU really cared about privacy, EU would fully fund Mozilla.

Here are some news articles that might make you rethink that: - https://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html - https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-mozillas-layoffs-an... Help out, sure. To fully fund them would be taking it too far.

Fully funding means they can put better governance in and throw the captain overboard if need be.

Re: MDN Plus

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Post by MayeulC »

viraptor wrote: post #9

I like their approach. Out of all possible options for funding, they managed to keep the core available, independent of other commercial influences, and offer extra quality content to subscribers. This could've gone bad in so many ways, but I'm hopeful for the project's future.

Exactly. And hopefully, such a subscription should be pretty easy for web developers to ask their employers for.

Re: MDN Plus

#37

Post by Zababa »

Ajedi32 wrote: post #26

At first glance, this feels a little distasteful. I've always thought of the MDN docs like Wikipedia; a non-profit public resource. Attempting to monetize it feels... wrong somehow. So long as the docs themselves remain under CC-BY-SA though guess it's not really a problem. The premium features they currently offer seem reasonable, and if things ever get too out of hand the community could always just move to another…

I don't really understand how offering better content against money is worse than asking for money regularly like Wikipedia does (especially when they seem to just consume more and more money).

Re: MDN Plus

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Post by moron4hire »

Someone1234 wrote: post #16

The $10/m right now seems on the high side. Even the copy suggests you're better off not getting this, waiting at least a year for the content to be posted "every month," then subbing for a single month to read it all. Maybe the Wikipedia/donation model would have been a better play for MDN then this, particularly as freemium was originally about micro-transactions, not $2 more than the cost of Netflix's Basic tier.…

Where does it say $10/mo? I see $5/mo or $50/yr.

Re: MDN Plus

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Post by kojoru »

terminalserver wrote: post #6

With all the uncountable billions of dollars in the banks of Apple, Microsoft, Google etc, none of them can manage to come up with documentation to compete with MDN which has to go freemium to be viable. Presumably that’s because they can’t link your identity to it or something, making it nit worthwhile doing. Apple: “we’re a hardware company, it’s not our job to document the web” Microsoft: “Internet Explorer failed…

It was a concious decision in 2017 to close Google's and Microsoft's web documentation portals so that MDN can be a unified source of truth: https://www.zdnet.com/article/developers-rejoice-microsoft-g...

Re: MDN Plus

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Post by zaarn »

Zababa wrote: post #25

$5 a month when I'm using my regular web browser (chrome), $10 a month when I'm using private navigation. $10 a month on Firefox too. Maybe because I'm in Europe and it's adjusted to salaries/cost of living?

It's a random A/B test. If you clear your cookies, there is a 50% chance it'll change to the other.
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