I was confused by this statement, which I think you're referring to:
"Firefox add-ons are free and those for Firefox OS will certainly be free also."
I'm not sure if that means there will be no paid apps for Firefox OS, or that Mozilla won't take a cut on paid apps, or just that Mozilla won't charge developers a fee to list an app.
I hope it's the last option. They should allow paid apps and take a small cut, as you said, so they have a funding source other than Google, increasingly their competitor.
But they have time to figure out the funding aspect. I just looked up the story about the latest Google/Mozilla deal in December (I'd forgotten the details), and it turns out it's almost $900 million over three years: https://allthingsd.com/20111222/google-will-pay-mozilla-almo...
"Firefox add-ons are free and those for Firefox OS will certainly be free also."
I'm not sure if that means there will be no paid apps for Firefox OS, or that Mozilla won't take a cut on paid apps, or just that Mozilla won't charge developers a fee to list an app.
I hope it's the last option. They should allow paid apps and take a small cut, as you said, so they have a funding source other than Google, increasingly their competitor.
But they have time to figure out the funding aspect. I just looked up the story about the latest Google/Mozilla deal in December (I'd forgotten the details), and it turns out it's almost $900 million over three years: https://allthingsd.com/20111222/google-will-pay-mozilla-almo...