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Let me pay for Firefox

Hi Mozilla community, I’m a long time Mozilla supporter, I’ve published free (as in freedom) and open-source software, and I desperately want Mozilla to charge for Firefox. If that sounds like a contradiction, please keep reading. I first became involved with the Mozilla community around 2006. I was active in the Spread Firefox project, where I ran a contest that encouraged others to promote Firefox in the most creative ways they could imagine. In hindsight, I guess it could have been called a...

People sometimes worry that a high distribution fee will put free software out of range for users who don’t have a lot of money. As long as Firefox remained free (as in freedom) and open-source software, as it should, those users could install a fork. That’s the end game: enshittification, addiction, algorithmic bullshit that fuels extremism and outrage, and invasive targeted advertising.

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