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Let me pay for Firefox

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803 points csmantle | 1 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.282s | source
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nottorp ◴[13 Jul 25 09:42 UTC] No.44548896[source]▶
Let me donate, at least...

By the way, how do you prove that a paid for version has no tracking?

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Kuinox ◴[13 Jul 25 09:49 UTC] No.44548938[source]▶
By releasing the source. FOSS software doesn't mean gratuit.
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porridgeraisin ◴[13 Jul 25 10:03 UTC] No.44549015[source]▶
What stops someone else from just offering a download of release builds for free?

I understand FOSS can be financed when the customer is a business, but when it's a user?

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1. morsch ◴[13 Jul 25 10:33 UTC] No.44549193[source]▶
Nothing, just like nobody stops people from releasing modified builds now in fact people do (waterfox, ...). Trademark law provides a moat, as do fees to get into proprietary app stores.