Post #2749690

2026-01-30 07:41 UTC

I think web browsers would make sense as a subscription. The battle to keep them secure is intense and always ongoing. I think Firefox and Chrome should be subscriptions, while free browsers should have a drastically reduced feature set.

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@qyron@sopuli.xyz 2026-01-30 08:19

I'm not against supporting a software in a recurring form but the web browser is essentially the lock and key of accessing the entirery of what exists outside your machine. That would garner an immense power to whichever entity developing one. Remember Microsoft and the IE case. Firefox is not perfect and apparently on a downwards spiral but what made it stand out was because it wanted to be free and for all. Chrome is far from being a good thing.

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@brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-30 14:24

Stop making websites do more and more shit, and browsers would need less and less development. Stop making browsers with AI enhanced garbage. Stop embedding "features" in software that at its core only needs to render websites.

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@ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2026-01-30 12:54

Average capitalist consumer

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@mrnobody@reddthat.com 2026-01-30 13:59

This is a terrible idea!

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@xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 2026-01-30 08:38

Even though it would be one way to make Mozilla self-sustainable, it would open a pandora box of different problems. Would free-versions continue receiving security updates? Would access to some websites be locked behind the premium version? It's a dangerous idea.

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