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"We've won, but at what cost?" (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

if it's a single player game or a mp3 converter software, then what you're saying is true.

But the internet is ever changing, new exploits and security vulnerabilities are discovered almost every day. New standards, new formats, new features released so often, even after the full release it still requires a full development team instead of just a few core maintenance staff.

Unless you want to pay for every major version upgrade or risk using an outdated browser, a browser subscription model doesn't sound so bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the internet is ever changing

We have standard protocols for communication that are system agnostic and simple to implement.

Claiming you need a subscription to your browser to use the Internet is akin to claiming you need a subscription to your radio to listen to music.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Radio gets revenue from advertisers, just like Firefox gets money from Google. If you cut off that revenue and move the cost to the consumer, then there's no "one time payment" that could support a radio station indefinitely, so does Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Radio gets revenue from advertisers, just like Firefox gets money from Google.

Private For-Profit Radio Stations get revenue from advertisement. But Sony and JBP and Bose aren't advertisement based. Mozilla isn't a content provider, its an application developer.

there’s no “one time payment” that could support a radio station indefinitely

There's no "one time payment" that supports radio manufacturers indefinitely, either. So the companies develop new models and improved features, then retail them as replacements to the old device. But I've got an old machine from the 1980s that picks up AM/FM just fine. Sony isn't out of business because it continues to exist.