Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, uChris Beard, i-CEO yeMozilla Foundation, umemezele ukuthi inkampani iqhubekela phambili nokuqaliswa kokunikezwa kwe-premium okusekelwa yisiphequluli seFirefox, okuhlelwe ukuthi siqaliswe ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
Lo mbono wokunikeza inketho ye-premium yiMozilla uwukuphakamisa uchungechunge lwezici ezengeziwe uma kuqhathaniswa nesiphequluli esiyisisekelo , esitholakala ngokubhalisa "kwe-Premium".
Ngokusho kwe-CEO yenhlangano, ukubhalisa okukhokhelwayo kwenzelwe ukunikeza abasebenzisi ukufinyelela ezinsizakalweni ezengeziwe ezifana nesitoreji samafu kanye nezici ze-VPN. Isiphequluli esiyisisekelo sihlala simahhala, futhi abasebenzisi bakhululekile ukwengeza izici ezengeziwe ngokukhokha ibhili.
“Sisebenza emikhakheni emithathu yemali engenayo futhi sifuna ukuyilinganisela: sesivele sinezinto zokucwaninga nokuqukethwe. Isibonelo, ngokuya ngengxenye yokuqukethwe, sithemba i-Pocket, esiza ukuthola nokuphatha okuqukethwe okuxhasiwe. Okwesithathu ebesikubhekile ngenkathi sicabanga ngemikhiqizo nezinsizakalo kungeza izinhlelo zokubhaliselwa kwe-premium.
“Siphinde sahlola neVPN. Singabona ukuthi ngabe uku-network ye-Wi-Fi esesidlangalaleni futhi usikhumbuze ukuthi sisebenzise i-VPN lapho sithola ukuthi usohlelweni lokubhanga online. “Sifuna ukwengeza ezinye izinhlelo zokubhalisela uhlelo lwethu lwezinsizakalo futhi sigxile kakhulu ebudlelwaneni nomsebenzisi wokugcina, okulindeleke ukuthi sinikele ngamathuluzi wokuqina amaningi ekuphathweni kwebhizinisi online
Kodwa-ke, abasebenzisi be-inthanethi bakholelwa ukuthi iMozilla ingase ibe nesifiso esikhulu sokunikeza izici ezingafinyelelwa ngokubhalisa.
IMozilla ifuna izindlela ezintsha zezimali
Le nsizakalo entsha kulindeleke ukuthi iqaliswe ngo-Okthoba futhi, njengoba uChris Beard esho, izoba nesici samahhala, futhi abasebenzisi bazokhuthazwa ukuthi bathuthukise uma isiqediwe.
Futhi ukuthi ngale makethe entsha iMozilla ebhekise kuyo, ungabona ukuthi inkampani kufanele ibhekane kanjani nenkinga yaphakade yokuxhasa iMozilla Foundation ngezimali.
Kuze kube manje, inkampani isebenzise izindlela zokuxazulula ezingahambisani nezindinganiso zayo ekuqaleni.
Eqinisweni, ekupheleni kwenyanga yokuqala yonyaka odlule, isisekelo samemezela inhloso yaso yokuqala ukukhombisa okuqukethwe okuxhasiwe kuFirefox, okuyindlela ephindaphindwe yendlela ka-2014, ukwehlukanisa imifudlana engenayo.
IMozilla igcine isebenzise amathayela axhasiwe ngaphakathi kweFirefox 60 ukufeza le njongo.
Kodwa ukuzimisela ukunikeza izikhangiso kugcine kuthumele umlayezo odidayo kubasebenzisi , njengoba iFirefox iqashelwa njengesiphequluli esigxile kubumfihlo futhi ibhekwa njengomunye wabagqugquzeli abakhulu bokuvimba izikhangiso, ukulandelela abasebenzisi, phakathi kwezinye izinto.
Ekupheleni konyaka we-2015, isisekelo sancama iphrojekthi yaso, kepha, ngaphandle kokuvala umnyango wokukhangisa kuFirefox.
Isisekelo asikwazanga ukwenza isu lokuwina (ngokubona kwabo) kuze kube ukutholwa kwePocket kwe-2017, ithuluzi lokugcina okuqukethwe ku-inthanethi ukuze kusetshenziswe esikhathini esizayo.
UChris Beard ukhuluma ngokulinganisela kabusha imithombo yemali engenayo yeMozilla, ngaphandle kokuqukethwe okuxhasiwe, futhi ucabangela ukuthembela kweMozilla kuGoogle, okufanele sizame ukukugqamisa, ikakhulukazi njengoba ubudlelwano nenkampani bunzima, ngenxa yomncintiswano wayo oyinhloko, i-Chrome.
Eqinisweni, okungenani u-90% wemali engenayo yesisekelo ivela ezinhlanganweni ezifana ne-Google ngokufaka izinjini zazo zokusesha ku-Firefox. Kusazobonakala ukuthi lezi zinsizakalo ezikhokhelwayo zizophumelela yini uma i-Firefox iqala ukusebenza kamuva kulo nyaka.
Okokugcina, abasebenzisi abambalwa kunethiwekhi baphawule ngalolu hlelo lweMozilla lokuzama ukwenza imali ngezinsizakalo zalo nokuthi lokhu kungaba umphumela wenkampani edlula ezikhathini ezinzima ngokwezimali futhi lokhu kungakhomba okuthile okubi ngokwedlula isimo sezulu.