Well, that's a valid point but short of requiring every Firefox user to register, how do you reliably gather usage statistics?
Well, FF could send its usage data to mozilla, basically just saying it is "alive". Send this along with the computer's MAC address (since IPs can and do change) to make sure somebody isn't boosting the numbers.
This will never be done (I hope), because of privacy concerns. Just showing a possibility.
They should make a real router, not a bridged access point that 1. requires the computer to be on and 2. takes up system resources and 3. takes up a USB slot (what about us with lots of peripherals?).
Before you argue that you wouln't buy it anyway, why are you even using it then?
Okay, let's look at something like Photoshop. Little Timmy doesn't have much money, but he really wants to do some image manipulation. He doesn't want to sell the pretty pictures he makes; he just wants to doodle and have fun. Photoshop isn't necessary for this task--there are other programs he could use--but this one works. He wouldn't buy it (remember, he has little money), but he pirates it.
Anyways, there are plenty of reasons to use something even though you wouldn't buy it anyways. Using it only once? Just trying it out? Maybe if there was some way to rent PS, little Timmy wouldn't have to resort to piracy.
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Well, that's a valid point but short of requiring every Firefox user to register, how do you reliably gather usage statistics?
Well, FF could send its usage data to mozilla, basically just saying it is "alive". Send this along with the computer's MAC address (since IPs can and do change) to make sure somebody isn't boosting the numbers. This will never be done (I hope), because of privacy concerns. Just showing a possibility.
They should make a real router, not a bridged access point that 1. requires the computer to be on and 2. takes up system resources and 3. takes up a USB slot (what about us with lots of peripherals?).
Let's not forget Linux! Xorg-6.8.x has been out for quite a while, now.
Before you argue that you wouln't buy it anyway, why are you even using it then?
Okay, let's look at something like Photoshop. Little Timmy doesn't have much money, but he really wants to do some image manipulation. He doesn't want to sell the pretty pictures he makes; he just wants to doodle and have fun. Photoshop isn't necessary for this task--there are other programs he could use--but this one works. He wouldn't buy it (remember, he has little money), but he pirates it.
Anyways, there are plenty of reasons to use something even though you wouldn't buy it anyways. Using it only once? Just trying it out? Maybe if there was some way to rent PS, little Timmy wouldn't have to resort to piracy.
Maybe /. should use this instead of paypal :P
No pics of the case when closed?