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OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experience (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 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.

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  • [–] 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?

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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