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Let me pay for Firefox

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802 points csmantle | 2 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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freediver ◴[13 Jul 25 12:41 UTC] No.44550004[source]▶
Browser is the most intimate piece of software we have on our computer. Paying for it (vs someone else paying for your browsing) is a no brainer.

From day one Orion browser [1] has been designed with this business model in mind.

Napkin math also shows that if only 5% Firefox users decided to pay for it, Mozilla would not only replace Google search deal revenue but also align incentives with its users, leading to a better product down the road.

[1] https://kagi.com/orion

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ethan_smith ◴[13 Jul 25 13:36 UTC] No.44550380[source]▶
With ~200M Firefox users and Google paying ~$400M annually, a $5/month subscription from just 7% of users would fully replace that search deal revenue.
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1. EasyMark ◴[13 Jul 25 21:41 UTC] No.44554004[source]▶
nobody is going to pay $5 a month for firefox. they might pay 99 cents a month or $10 a year or something.
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2. hispanic ◴[14 Jul 25 17:08 UTC] No.44562583[source]▶
I willingly pay $5/month for Kagi. I'd willingly pay $5/month for Firefox.