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Re:Web by Google (TM) by jefftk on Sunday August 16, 2020 @12:08PM (#24178907)
If they rolled out a payment option for third-party sites as a core feature with prompts and nudges, do you really think the reception would be positive? I expect the comment threads would be full of people telling Firefox to work on being the best browser they can, and not getting in people's way with a payment system that "nobody asked for".
Re:Web by Google (TM) by andromeduck on Monday August 17, 2020 @01:57AM (#24184400)
I think that would depend a lot on how it's done. If it were simply a mediator/platform that could be opted-into by the serving site kind of like a pateron ad/button I think that could go a long way. The value-add of pateron being in intermediating the transaction and collecting/collating my top interests in a privacy conscious way.