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I would pay for a "Firefox Pro" which allowed greater control/modifications for power users.

Make it open source, but have the official download for builds (and source code?[0]) be payed. Bonus points if the download bundle includes source code and a simplified build process.

[0] obviously it'll be mirrored in 2 seconds, but still.

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I wonder if they could do a "pay what you want" download page for Firefox Developer Edition. It's my daily driver, and I'd be happy to pay for it.

Unless I’m mistaken, Developer Edition is just Firefox with experimental features enabled and permanently-enabled telemetry.

I’m not sure what in my brain says “Telemetry? Absolutely not”, but that’s how it is for me (and why I don’t use the Developer Edition).

I don't mind sending telemetry data however, as long as I'm reasonably convinced that Mozilla isn't doing anything shady with it.

However, I respect the “Telemetry? Absolutely not” stance and can only hope and pray that Firefox PMs use telemetry as only ONE among a whole host of other signals to support decision-making.

the few people who might pay for a firefox pro would probably not even pay the wages of the people required to setup the payment and infrastructure therein.

Might as well just ask for donations.

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