• cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    If a product requires constant maintaining and updates through out its lifetime (like a browser) then it’s make sense for a subscription model.

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      3 months ago

      If a product is released in a defective or malfunctioning state, it makes sense to assign liability to the manufacturer.

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        3 months ago

        if it’s a single player game or a mp3 converter software, then what you’re saying is true.

        But the internet is ever changing, new exploits and security vulnerabilities are discovered almost every day. New standards, new formats, new features released so often, even after the full release it still requires a full development team instead of just a few core maintenance staff.

        Unless you want to pay for every major version upgrade or risk using an outdated browser, a browser subscription model doesn’t sound so bad.

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          3 months ago

          the internet is ever changing

          We have standard protocols for communication that are system agnostic and simple to implement.

          Claiming you need a subscription to your browser to use the Internet is akin to claiming you need a subscription to your radio to listen to music.

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            3 months ago

            Radio gets revenue from advertisers, just like Firefox gets money from Google. If you cut off that revenue and move the cost to the consumer, then there’s no “one time payment” that could support a radio station indefinitely, so does Firefox.

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              3 months ago

              Radio gets revenue from advertisers, just like Firefox gets money from Google.

              Private For-Profit Radio Stations get revenue from advertisement. But Sony and JBP and Bose aren’t advertisement based. Mozilla isn’t a content provider, its an application developer.

              there’s no “one time payment” that could support a radio station indefinitely

              There’s no “one time payment” that supports radio manufacturers indefinitely, either. So the companies develop new models and improved features, then retail them as replacements to the old device. But I’ve got an old machine from the 1980s that picks up AM/FM just fine. Sony isn’t out of business because it continues to exist.