Comment by satvikpendem

1 month ago

Sold being the operative word, rather than giving it away for free.

Well, it is available for free either way. They pissed off their user base all for a horse that had already left the stable.

https://academictorrents.com/details/2d056b22743718ac81915f2...

  • Look at their stock price. They are doing very well since IPO, and much of it was revenue from selling their data.

    • Google's $60m/yr is the only thing keeping them profitable.

      Mozilla's business model isn't really something to emulate, even if the stock market doesn't really see it that way.

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