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		hnlmorg 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A look at Firefox forks Sure, for those things. However when it comes to web browsers, there’s been a looong history of failed attempts at selling commercial browsers. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the only people who’ve ever made any serious and sustained income from browsers have been Google; and even that’s been indirectly via upselling their other services.

lolinder 11 months ago [–]

This is what people said about Search before Kagi. And, incidentally, those folks are also working on a paid browser that real people do buy.

Times change. Subscriptions are normalized, and tech people are increasingly aware of the hazards of "free".

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