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Let me pay for Firefox

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802 points csmantle | 3 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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c0l0 ◴[13 Jul 25 09:47 UTC] No.44548927[source]▶
I realize it's far from a perfect solution to finance the creators of the only browser I consider usable today - but I subscribed to Mozilla's VPN service some two years ago, even though I virtually never use it, and mostly to help them make a bit of a buck through me. (And still, it is nice to have the option of geoblocking circumvention at the ready, although I'd wish for them to just support "ordinary" wireguard/wq-quick as a client option).
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1. amelius ◴[13 Jul 25 10:11 UTC] No.44549056[source]▶
Hmm that might make them reallocate developers from the browser to the VPN ...
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2. Ayesh ◴[13 Jul 25 10:32 UTC] No.44549189[source]▶
I could be wrong, but Firefox VPN is a relabeled Mullvard VPN, which probably has enough engineers to keep things going well. Plus, it's a VPN service, I imagine a small number of developers is all it takes to keep it up to date.
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3. amelius ◴[13 Jul 25 10:56 UTC] No.44549354[source]▶
But then your payment goes to this Mullvad company although maybe Mozilla gets a small fee.