Detection Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 We all have our beloved favourite browser right? What if tomorrow you were greeted with a notice telling you in order to continue using your browser, you must pay per month. Lets say ?4.99 p/m Would you pay or would you immediately swap to a different free one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted November 4, 2011 Member Share Posted November 4, 2011 I would swap immediately. Glassed Silver and ThaCrip 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I would pay. No other browser worth using imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonBetrayal Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I said yes, but it's a bit of a loaded question. It depends on what I was getting for the cost. If they wanted $5 p/m just to keep using it without any other benefits, I would definitely shop around. For a monthly fee I expect there to be more than just "you can use it" because many browsers would still offer the service for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 We all have our beloved favourite browser right? What if tomorrow you were greeted with a notice telling you in order to continue using your browser, you must pay per month. Lets say ?4.99 p/m Would you pay or would you immediately swap to a different free one ? Maybe a low one time up front fee (or for every major version...well maybe not with how browsers seem to be doing versions now...), but not ?60 ($70) a year for something that just renders HTML and runs javascript. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonBetrayal Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I would pay. No other browser worth using imo. Out of curiousity, what browser do you use Xilo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Out of curiousity, what browser do you use Xilo? Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekkerson Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Out of curiousity, what browser do you use Xilo? I don't think it matters. Humans can justify just about anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonBetrayal Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Firefox. I haven't used it regularly since version 3. Though I do love it's firebug plugin and web developer toolbar. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted November 4, 2011 Veteran Share Posted November 4, 2011 I have zero browser loyalty. I used to use MSIE back when it was that or Netscape (and thus, MSIE was the better choice). Then I switched to Firefox when it became the better choice. Now I use Chrome/Chromium for the very same reason. If Chrome charged $1 then I would revert to Firefox in a heartbeat. That's also why I never really bothered with Opera. John S. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Locust Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 If my favorite browser started charging a fee, I would drop it immediately, or pirate it if it was a possibility. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted November 4, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted November 4, 2011 Absolutely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted November 4, 2011 MVC Share Posted November 4, 2011 Nope. A web browser is a web browser to me and as I have no interest in add-ons they're all pretty much the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife Party Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Hell no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammers Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I currently use Firefox, but sometimes have to use IE and Chrome at work. I'm used to Firefox but I'm sure any other browser would do me as long as it displayed pages the same and wasn't slower. So no, I would not pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I use IE and if it was suddenly paid, would switch to chrome or ff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 LOL I still remember stacks of boxes of Netscape Navigator selling for $50. Then IE came out for free and ruined it for them. Boy did Netscape howl... http://www.savetz.com/articles/browserwars.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Himanshu- Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Never. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4c3 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Hell no This. Firefox ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Topham Hatt Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 No. I use Chrome but could easily be as happy using Internet Explorer or at a push, Firefox and even Opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted November 4, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted November 4, 2011 No, I wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted November 4, 2011 Supervisor Share Posted November 4, 2011 Forgetting the idea that it would never work, if my "favourite" browser were to start charging me to use it I would switch. "Favourite" has quotation marks because it's not necessarily my favourite, it's just the one I use right now. I have no real loyalty to a particular browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Well many people already pay for their browser. Internet Explorer users pay for it as an inclusion of their purchase of Windows. Same with Safari on Mac OS X, or the browser included with your Smart Phone. There are also a slew of paid Browsers on the iOS App Store. With many of the free browsers, you pay with your privacy because they have deals to collect statistics on you or to suggest a default Search engine to you. Nothing wrong with any of that. Me personally I would not want to pay anything extra on top of what I have already paid or am already paying for the computer system. I use an Open Source browser and if this was to happen I would simply use a forked version instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I would like to ask why this is being asked... I never see this happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mps69 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I doubt it monthly, maybe a one off payment, depending on what was on offer, free upgrades, built in anti virus/firewall that type of thing. Failing that it would be dropped faster than a hot potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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