Computers, Privacy & the Constitution

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 While a Firefox plug-in that generates excess searches, based on other user-made searches, would indeed serve to reduce Google revenues ... what about the other 4/5 of the web-using populace that does not have Firefox?

-- JonathanBonilla - 23 May 2009

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Jonathan, that's a problem I've been thinking about, but probably merits its own paper. It seem like the FOSS projects that have enjoyed the widest adoption among non-technical users (Firefox, Ubuntu, etc) are also the ones with significant corporate backers that can pay for marketing or invest in pretty/easy-to-use interfaces that can capture the general public.

Like any patronage system though, this setup gives the patron considerable influence in the strategy of the project. Google's donations, for instance, are probably among the reasons why AdBlock? is not bundled in Firefox. Perhaps some sort of government fund to support FOSS projects (especially infrastructure ones like operating systems and browsers) would help.

-- AndreiVoinigescu - 24 May 2009

 
 
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