[ryandrake]

> People don’t like paying for software, demand constant updates and hate subscriptions.

Yes, No, Yes?

I don't demand constant updates. I don't want constant updates. Usually when a company updates software it becomes worse. I am happy with the initial version of 90% of the software I use, and all I want is bug fixes and security updates.

[throw10920]

> I don't want constant updates.

> all I want is bug fixes and security updates.

GP wasn't differentiating between different types of updates in their argument, because it doesn't make sense - they're discussing the economics of it, which doesn't care if you're fixing bugs or not.

>> How are they supposed to pay software salaries and keep the lights on? People don’t like paying for software, demand constant updates and hate subscriptions.

[renewiltord]

I suspect then it doesn't matter whether Mozilla kills itself or not. You should be fine with the current release of Firefox. Maybe you'd lose the installer, so all you have to do is put it somewhere safe and you're good.

[Cpoll]

> all I want is bug fixes and security updates.

[renewiltord]

Yes yes, I don't want updates. I just want updates. haha.

[vegetable]

> People don’t like paying for software, demand constant updates and hate subscriptions.

constant updates

[renewiltord]

"Don't give me security updates every time there's a security issue. Instead do it occasionally because I like my vulnerabilities to be a surprise"

[Cpoll]

I'm just pointing out that your proposal doesn't match their requirements.

> I don't want updates. I just want updates

It only sounds dumb if you write it like that. If you say "I don't want feature bloat, I just want security patches" it sounds reasonable.