Fork Firefox, bundle uBlock Origin, Sponsor Block et el and sell it is a consumer web security product (that's not complete shit) with a monthly subscription. Use some of the proceeds to support the devs working on the underlying tech, similar to what Valve are doing for Wine, Proton and Fex.

Bonus points:

1. Multi layered approach to dealing with ads and other malware.

2. A committment to no AI or other bloat - that's not what I'm paying you for.

3. Syncable profiles.

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jamespo 5 days ago | parent [-]

Charging for a browser died with Netscape in 1998

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tjpnz 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

But I'm not pitching a browser. This is a web security product which people do pay for - it's a billion dollar product category in fact. The only functional difference is that the malware and fraud protection it provides is demonstrably superior to all of its competitors.

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grimblee 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I think that's false, with the current state of internet, advertising everywhere, enshitification and monetization of users private data, some people are ready to pay for services that were considered "free".

I am paying for kagi, and I would pay for a good, private browser (I know they make onion but I'm on linux, not macos or windows).

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int_19h 4 days ago | parent [-]

Vivaldi is a decent option if you aren't specifically looking to get off Blink as the engine. It has an integrated adblocker and many other privacy-related features.

	▲	grimblee 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'm specifically avoiding chrome-based browser as form of protest against google's monopoly. Currently using waterfox, but might go for librewolf... In any case I'm very interested in servo, even thinking of contributing to it.