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Let me pay for Firefox

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802 points csmantle | 5 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.714s | source
1. bramgn ◴[13 Jul 25 10:48 UTC] No.44549302[source]▶
Perhaps we should stop calling open-source software "free" due to the stigma that comes with it. It's no longer a selling point, nor should it have been.
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2. bn-l ◴[13 Jul 25 11:08 UTC] No.44549415[source]▶
Open source is a good enough label.
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3. qpiox ◴[13 Jul 25 12:06 UTC] No.44549765[source]▶
Open does not imply any freedoms. A software source could be openly put in the public but without license, hence you would not be free to use it nor to learn from it.
4. fsflover ◴[13 Jul 25 12:08 UTC] No.44549775[source]▶
It isn't: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
5. arp242 ◴[13 Jul 25 12:26 UTC] No.44549900[source]▶
There are about 5.5 billion people on the internet. Firefox's "small" market share of ~5% is still about 250 million users.

I'm reasonably sure that a small fraction of those 250 million people are even aware of the concept of "Free Software" or "Open Source", or how it relates to Firefox.