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Originally the web browser was free (Mosaic). The project name "Mozilla" stoood for "Mosaic killer". Then Netscape tried to charge for their web browser, something like $39 for businesses to use it. They also tried to license web server software. Microsoft supplied IE and IIS for free with Windows and the rest is history. Yet people are still trying to find ways to make money from a browser. No one is going to pay for a web browser, so they try to sell out the users of the software to advertisers. Not much of a value proposition for users. Today, so much great software has already been written and is free. No advertising needed. The reason for all the surveillance, the ads and tracking, is greed. The software for using the web has been written already, many times over, it does not need financing. Sadly, the "modern" web browsers have become tools of manipulation and surveillance, too large and complex for any web user to build themselves. It is a travesty. These gigantic kitchen sink programs are written for advertisers not users, because users, including businesses, will not pay for new web browsing software. What they have already works.