Nemeski to [email protected]English • 10 days agoOpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experiencearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1337arrow-down114cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1323arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experiencearstechnica.comNemeski to [email protected]English • 10 days agomessage-square71fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 days agoThey are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can’t really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 days agoIdeally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 days agoYou can’t finance a massive project like that with donations. This isn’t like Signal or some small project like that. Firefox is MASSIVE.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 days agoYeah, web browsers cost hundreds of millions per year to maintain, they’re mind-bogglingly complicated and costly. I’d really hope the Linux Foundation would help contribute towards the budget, but LF is quite pro Chromium. I don’t think end users can even come close to funding Firefox development, unfortunately.
They are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can’t really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled?
Ideally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though.
You can’t finance a massive project like that with donations. This isn’t like Signal or some small project like that. Firefox is MASSIVE.
Yeah, web browsers cost hundreds of millions per year to maintain, they’re mind-bogglingly complicated and costly.
I’d really hope the Linux Foundation would help contribute towards the budget, but LF is quite pro Chromium.
I don’t think end users can even come close to funding Firefox development, unfortunately.