▲ 326 ▼ OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experience (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (5 children) A desperate attempt of revenue diversification. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 11 points 2 years ago (4 children) 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 4 child comments replies: [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) 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 3 child comments replies: [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 2 years 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 2 child comments replies: [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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 2 years 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
[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 11 points 2 years ago (4 children) 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 4 child comments replies: [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) 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 3 child comments replies: [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 2 years 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 2 child comments replies: [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) 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 3 child comments replies: [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 2 years 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 2 child comments replies: [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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 2 years 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
[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 2 years 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 2 child comments replies: [–] doodledup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 4 points 2 years 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 2 years 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