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0 pointslaundermaf3y ago0 comments

IE 1.0 was included in a "Windows 95 Plus!" which was sold for $50 in 1994; However it was short-lived and it was included in later releases of Windows [1]

Netscape was sold for $50 [2]

Opera was sold (can't find the price) [3]

  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Plus!#Microsoft_Plus!_for_Windows_95
  [2]: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/netscape-navigator-2-0-hits-the-streets/
  [3]: https://web.archive.org/web/20081013235150/http://my.opera.com/Rijk/blog/2006/02/15/rendering-engines-and-code-names

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hk__23y ago

Thanks. I don’t think this really changes the point that no big browser have ever been paid for except Netscape. The "paid for" period of IE is insignificant (and it was barely used at the time) and Opera never had more than 3% of market share when it was free [1], let alone when it was paid for.

[1]: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/internet-browser-market-sha...

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