Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoOpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experiencearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down19cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.net
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minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 days agoA desperate attempt of revenue diversification.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·22 days agoConsidering 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.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·21 days agoThey are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can’t really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled?
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoIdeally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 days agoYou can’t finance a massive project like that with donations. This isn’t like Signal or some small project like that. Firefox is MASSIVE.
A desperate attempt of revenue diversification.
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.
They are investing a lot in their core product. Problem is that you can’t really monatize it. You want Firefox to be paywalled?
Ideally it would be financed by user donations. Probably not that realistic for a project like this, though.
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.