Mozilla is planning to sell VPN subscriptions within Firefox
Mozilla just announced that soon an experiment would soon be
held in which a small group of Firefox users will be made to see an ad to
purchase a subscription in order to protect their VPN, as reported by ZDNet.
Mozilla said in a blog post that it had picked ProtonVPN for the
partnership by taking the factors like transparency and data retention policies
into consideration.
In the starting of 24th October, the ad will be shown for select
selecting the US-based Firefox users who have been using the most recent
version (Firefox 62) on their devices. If eligible and browsing on an unsafe
network, an ad will be shown to you in the top right corner of the Firefox
window that appears asking to click through to a signup page.
ProtonVPN’s services are being offered by Mozilla for $10 a
month, which is almost similar to buying the package directly through
ProtonVPN. But, the mainstream of the revenue from ProtonVPN subscriptions that
are routed through Mozilla will move to Mozilla straight away.
Both of the companies are banking that people will have proper
determination towards paying some more in order to bolster their “shared goal
of making the internet a safer place.” The partnership is positive and helpful,
it really makes sense, but it is an ultimate advertisement for a subscription
service that is more likely to be built into a browser.
However, it’s also not the first incursion of Mozilla with
baking monetized content into Firefox. New tabs let you see recommended
articles from Pocket, and those articles are often sponsored. If the program
proves to be successful, then the ProtonVPN says it could expand to all of
Mozilla’s users which is approximately more than 300 million.
Joey Williams is
a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technical industry since
2002. As a technical expert, Robert has written technical blogs, manuals, white
papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup
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