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Mozilla will reportedly launch a paid version of Firefox this fall

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Re: Mozilla will reportedly launch a paid version of Firefox this fall

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Post by Improvotter »

weinzierl wrote: post #25

I'd be happy to pay for Firefox, but I have a few points that are important to me. They are probably not very realistic but here they are anyway: 1. I would like my money to go into Firefox development and nowhere else. I certainly don't want my money spent on their content business, even if it is used as a leverage to generate more money for Firefox development. I'm torn about Rust development because I certainly wo…

I would also like to add to this list the fact that I want a voice as a paying member. There are a few longstanding issues that still haven't been solved (e.g.: dark GTK themes causing problems) that I would like my money to go to somehow.

Re: Mozilla will reportedly launch a paid version of Firefox this fall

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Post by prophesi »

sjwright wrote: post #84
vcavallo wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i think it’s a principle thing. for 90% of people, they’ll use it with default settings. seems like OP doesn’t want to support the usage of those default services in general (say, google search default?), so supporting a product that implicitly advances their usage is unattractive.

It's a principle thing? No, it's a train wreck. It's a sure-fire recipe for cutting the installed base of Firefox in half overnight. Using your example and estimate, the 90% of people who use default settings will install Firefox and then immediately conclude it's broken because it can't search the internet. So they'll just switch back to Chrome and never try Firefox again. Remember, these are the "default settings"…

This is an oddly vehement response to a lot of sane defaults.

One simple solution to this "train wreck" would be for Firefox to simply link users directly to the search engine settings if they try to search without one set.

Re: Mozilla will reportedly launch a paid version of Firefox this fall

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Post by [deleted] »

sjwright wrote: post #48
weinzierl wrote: post #25

I'd be happy to pay for Firefox, but I have a few points that are important to me. They are probably not very realistic but here they are anyway: 1. I would like my money to go into Firefox development and nowhere else. I certainly don't want my money spent on their content business, even if it is used as a leverage to generate more money for Firefox development. I'm torn about Rust development because I certainly wo…

Your list of "strings attached" to Firefox are fairly weak because most represent a trivial few clicks in settings. Insisting that a piece of software must ship preconfigured exactly to your liking seems a bit selfish to me. Really though, how onerous is it to configure a fresh Firefox profile to suit your preferences? (And how often do you reset your Firefox profile anyway?) Complaints about Pocket are largely emoti…

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Re: Mozilla will reportedly launch a paid version of Firefox this fall

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Post by dralley »

ilikepi wrote: post #101
noelsusman wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You really want Firefox to release a paid web browser that can't search the Internet out of the box?

It's a browser. Right out of the box, if I type in www.google.com, it will load the site and I'll be able to search.

Anything behind a CDN (which is a lot of things) will be broken

Re: Mozilla will reportedly launch a paid version of Firefox this fall

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Post by Brain_Thief »

pkaye wrote: post #104
samcday wrote: post #80

Finally, a proper way to vote with my wallet in the browser wars. I'm sure Firefox can make more money from me individually by allowing me to pay them, rather than funneling me through Google for some eyeball $$$s, especially since I've personally switched to DuckDuckGo. Actually that makes me wonder - how does Mozilla currently make money off me if I've stopped using Google searches in Firefox?

How much would you pay for Firefox per year?

Not OP but I would pay $5-10 per month without blinking an eye.

Re: Mozilla will reportedly launch a paid version of Firefox this fall

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Post by egypturnash »

Can we talk about the auto play video in the middle of this for a “Smell DJ” box for a moment.

People keep on trying to make the Internet of Smells and the devices keep on being bought by absolutely nobody. Who funds these things? Who thinks there’s a market waiting to be tapped? I see some kind of scent-making box announced every four or five years and they all just fade without a trace.

This one can be controlled by Alexa. I doubt that’s gonna be the wrinkle that makes it a must-have.

Re: Mozilla will reportedly launch a paid version of Firefox this fall

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Post by dralley »

DiseasedBadger wrote: post #76

I would do that in an instant if it: Dropped WideVine Dropped WebRtc Brought back XUL Extensions Otherwise, I'll keep using a pre-australis fork, until I probably eventually just decide to use Chrome. Firefox different distinguish itself from Chrome.

Wow, that's the most unreasonable take I think I've ever seen.

Also, Firefox doesn't come with Widevine. You have to click yes to download the module the first time you visit a page that uses it.

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