06-11-2019, 03:29 PM
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Mozilla to bankroll Firefox with paid-for premium extras
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"Mozilla is planning to launch a suite of paid-for subscription services to complement its free and open-source Firefox browser in October.
CEO Chris Beard elaborated on the plan, mentioned in the company's bug reporting system eleven months ago, to German technology site T3N last week. In an interview, he said Mozilla's premium service plan will include VPN bandwidth above what's available from Mozilla's ProtonMail VPN partnership.
He suggested the arrangement will augment a free VPN tier. That would be a change from the current $10 per month ProtonMail VPN arrangement, one that resembles the free VPN offering from the competing Opera browser. He also suggested the service bundle will include an allotment of secure cloud storage, though it isn't yet clear how much storage will be included or whether "secure" means user-held encryption keys...."
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/0...mium_services/
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