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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: 0.528s | source
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beloch ◴[13 Jul 25 10:14 UTC] No.44549076[source]▶
It's become a meme, but consider WinRAR. Odds are, it's installed on your machine and you haven't paid for it. It just works. It brings up a polite nag box but it doesn't sell your data. It doesn't invade your privacy. It just works and makes enough money to keep getting updated.

It sounds hokey but, perhaps, Firefox should be trialware. Don't cut off the people who can't pay. Make a browser that just works and see how many people will pay for it even if they can use it without paying.

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1. raincole ◴[13 Jul 25 14:18 UTC] No.44550626[source]▶
WinRAR is such a simple app compared to a browser. It probably only needs two or three full time developers to stay updated.

I was going to say "a better example is Reaper, a full-fledged DAW that has a similar business model..." then I realized even Reaper is probably a small piece of software when you consider what behemoth a modern browser is.