▲ 233 ▼ OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experience (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 year ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) A desperate attempt of revenue diversification. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Considering how little they invest into their core product compared to all the other shit and how much money the top brass earns despite declining market share, I don't think they're hurting for money that much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) They are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can't really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Ideally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Considering how little they invest into their core product compared to all the other shit and how much money the top brass earns despite declining market share, I don't think they're hurting for money that much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) They are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can't really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Ideally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) They are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can't really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Ideally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Ideally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent