> (B): No one wants to pay for a web browser; i.e Mozilla can't monetize it.
Has Mozilla ever tried? Opera tried and wasn't unsuccessful - and that was back when the web was much, much smaller than it is today, so a much smaller audience.
Given that people are happy to pay for (in comparison) trivial apps, even when free alternatives are available, I don't see why that wouldn't work for browsers.
Edit: I mean as Mozilla, after Netscape. Netscape wasn't able to compete technologically with IE6, Mozilla is competitive today.
Has Mozilla ever tried? Opera tried and wasn't unsuccessful - and that was back when the web was much, much smaller than it is today, so a much smaller audience.
Given that people are happy to pay for (in comparison) trivial apps, even when free alternatives are available, I don't see why that wouldn't work for browsers.
Edit: I mean as Mozilla, after Netscape. Netscape wasn't able to compete technologically with IE6, Mozilla is competitive today.