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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by tedmiston on Thursday November 17, 2022 @12:41PM (#33642605)
> https://insomniacbrowser.com/pricing/

$499 Per Month

This seems like a joke?

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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by duskwuff on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:28PM (#33649723)
I don't think it's a joke. I think it's made to assist scalpers in buying limited-supply items from web sites and circumventing order limits -- that'd explain some of the weirder features mentioned on the home page, like per-tab proxies and "queue statistics".

I am disappointed to discover that this is a thing, but also completely unsurprised to find that someone else is trying to make money off of it. Where there's a niche, there's a way.

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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by netruk44 on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:40PM (#33649850)
I think you're right. There's a discount for 'Shows On Sale' members, which you can also apply for. The membership application asks how long you've been in the "ticket business" and where you sell your ticket inventory.

If you look into advertising on their site, they describe themselves: "Shows On Sale is a community for experienced ticket brokers across the United States and Canada"

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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by duskwuff on Thursday November 17, 2022 @11:44PM (#33650446)
Oh, so it's specifically for ticket scalpers. I was thinking sneakerheads, but I guess that makes sense too.

Yeah, they can burn in hell.

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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by no-s on Friday November 18, 2022 @05:45AM (#33652906)
> that'd explain some of the weirder features mentioned on the home page

GDPR compliance too?

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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by encryptluks2 on Friday November 18, 2022 @12:10AM (#33650625)
Flagging this... Inline with advertising on here for credit card skimmers.
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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by jlund-molfese on Friday November 18, 2022 @12:16AM (#33650672)
I found this post interesting because I’m always curious about new browsers, and the OP isn’t affiliated with the project as far as I can tell. Don’t think it’s advertising.
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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by encryptluks2 on Friday November 18, 2022 @12:28AM (#33650753)
It is a subscription service used for ticket scalpers
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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by jlund-molfese on Friday November 18, 2022 @11:25AM (#33657038)
Hey, all the better to raise awareness then. Maybe some people who work in supply-limited industries will see it and implement countermeasures.

Either way the submission doesn’t violate any HN rules, so I vouched for it.

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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by no-s on Friday November 18, 2022 @05:40AM (#33652881)
> advertising

I don’t think OP is advertising this.

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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by cpeterso on Saturday November 19, 2022 @02:58PM (#33673995)
OP here. I have no affiliation with the Insomniac browser. I work for Mozilla. I just thought this was an interesting niche product that shows how different people browse the Web in different ways.
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Re:Insomniac, the Browser That Never Sleeps by vallard on Friday November 18, 2022 @12:49AM (#33650891)
This doesn’t seem like a coincidence this story shows up the same week of the the Taylor Swift/Ticketmaster controversy.
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