Ever wonder how a free web browser can earn a profit Read ahead
The question remains- How did the Firefox web browsing software application earn such a huge amount of profit for the Mozilla Corporation if it is just a free web browsing software application?
The analysts and critics of the Firefox web browsing software application who predicted the doom of the Firefox web browser and the downfall of web browsing software application due to the competition offered by the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browsing software applications cleanly ignored the fact that each and every end user of the Firefox web browsing software application is a potential customer for other service providers.
That is to say, each and every end user of the Firefox web browsing software application is a person who earns income, incurs expenditure and wants to make his life better. What the Firefox web browsing software application did was that it entered into a contract with Google whereby the search engine became the default search engine of the Firefox web browsing software application. This enabled Google to expand its market base.
The developers of the Firefox web browsing software application received a tidy sum from money that Google paid to the Firefox Corporation. This was the primary reason why the Firefox web browsing software application ended up earning a profit for the Mozilla Corporation.
Now, this approach of the developers of the Firefox web browsing software application indicates a pragmatic approach towards the marketing of the web browser. The end users of the Firefox web browser expected the Mozilla Foundation to continue offering the Firefox web browser for charity.
However, the developers of the Firefox web browsing software application had different ideas. The developers of the Firefox web browsing software application created the Mozilla Corporation which was a private and for-profit subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation.
This helped the Mozilla Foundation to avoid all potential tax problems that the Foundation would have otherwise faced due to the large sum of profits that it was earning due to the Firefox web browser.
The profits earned by the Firefox web browser were earned in the name of the Firefox Corporation simply to ensure that the commercial transactions related to the web browsing software application did not create any complications or problems.
Needless to say, there is absolutely no problem as far as the commercial aspects of the Firefox web browsing software application are concerned. The creation of the for profit Corporation by the Mozilla Foundation clearly indicates that it does not intend to charge even a single cent from the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application.
Rather, it seeks to earn money from each and every service provider who is making use of the Firefox web browsing software application to sell his or her service. Simply put, the Firefox web browsing software application is going to be a completely free web browser.
However, that does not mean that it would not earn any income whatsoever. The Firefox web browsing software application would earn an income and would earn a profit for the end users despite being a free web browsing software application.
There are very few web browsing software applications that are as versatile and as performance oriented as the Firefox web browser. There is absolutely no doubt that the web browsing software application has the commitment and the dedication to make the web browsing experience of the end users better.
The success of the Firefox web browsing software application has the raised the expectations of the end users of the Firefox web browsing software application. The end users of the Firefox web browser word are sure that no other web browser can ever overtake the popularity of the Firefox web browser.
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