From 6cd56a546f6cb1e318c90793e63e43665974413f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wesley Moore Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 21:21:36 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Add posts/2024/how-much-is-a-browser-worth.md --- .../posts/2024/how-much-is-a-browser-worth.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 v2/content/posts/2024/how-much-is-a-browser-worth.md diff --git a/v2/content/posts/2024/how-much-is-a-browser-worth.md b/v2/content/posts/2024/how-much-is-a-browser-worth.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c89ab4 --- /dev/null +++ b/v2/content/posts/2024/how-much-is-a-browser-worth.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ ++++ +title = "How Much Is a Browser Worth?" +date = 2024-07-03T17:22:01+10:00 + +# [extra] +# updated = 2024-06-04T07:49:36+10:00 ++++ + +Apparently people are excited about funding independent browser efforts this +week. I have little interest in funding yet another browser built in C++ in +2024 but [Servo] is still alive. Since Mozilla refuse to let us directly +fund Firefox I shall set up a recurring donation to Servo. + +The next question is how much is a web browser worth to me? Based on minutes +spent using a browser, quite a lot! + + + +Once upon a time you could pay for Netscape. It seems that [in 1996 Netscape +3.0 cost US$49][netscape3]. Adjusting for inflation that's US$97 in 2024. Let's +round that up to an even US$100. At the time of writing [Numbat] tells me +that's AU$150 or AU$12.50 per month, which seems reasonable. + +Some other services for comparison (I don't actually have an active YouTube +Premium subscription): + +- Netflix: AU$18.99/m +- YouTube Premium: AU$16.99/m +- JetBrains Rust Rover: US$129/y (AU$194, AU$16/m) + +A browser is a least as useful as these, almost certainly more. So, I've set up +a US$15/m (AU$22.50) recurring sponsorship on GitHub. I encourage you to [do +the same][sponsor-servo]. + +[netscape3]: https://web.archive.org/web/19961115062838/http://merchant.netscape.com/netstore/NAVIGATORS/STANDARD/STANDARD_ITEMS/leaf/product1.html +[sponsor-servo]: https://github.com/sponsors/servo +[Servo]: https://servo.org/ +[Numbat]: https://numbat.dev/ +