Am I suggesting Mozilla entirely pivot to this business model overnight? Of course not. But at least give us the option. Run an experiment. Publish a version of Firefox with no sponsored content, no telemetry, no Google (by default), and ad-blocking built in. I wouldnt hesitate to pay.

If Mozilla doesnt do it, I fear someone else will.

Source: Let me pay for Firefox!

And…

I use Firefox because I dont believe in an advertising funded web, otherwise Id still be using chrome. Paying for the cloud features of firefox would make sense to me.

Yes. This should be an option instead of them contorting themselves out of recognition into somehow getting money from someone other than users.