Re:Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements ...
by jraph on Monday July 15, 2024 @08:33AM
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I'm certainly in favor of free software projects making enough money to be sustainable.
It could be zero in some conditions, but in the other cases, I'm also against ads. Fortunately, there are other ways of making money, without compromising the "open source" / "free software" part:
- consulting (including prioritizing new features and fixes)
- support
- providing an actual paid service
- selling free software extensions (and yes, that means someone can recompile the extension and distribute it gratis - that's what happening with OSMAnd+ on F-Droid, but they are still doing fine)
It could be zero in some conditions, but in the other cases, I'm also against ads. Fortunately, there are other ways of making money, without compromising the "open source" / "free software" part:
- consulting (including prioritizing new features and fixes)
- support
- providing an actual paid service
- selling free software extensions (and yes, that means someone can recompile the extension and distribute it gratis - that's what happening with OSMAnd+ on F-Droid, but they are still doing fine)