the way it was rolled out and abandoned after a few years didn't feel especially strategic This doesn't "feel" like a very well substantiated argument either.

the way it was rolled out and abandoned after a few years didn't feel especially strategic This doesn't "feel" like a very well substantiated argument either. It received little traction, users didn't like the performance of the devices at the price points needed to penetrate the market, key apps (hi WhatsApp!) had announced they would not port , and Google responded in force with Android One. It took enormous amounts of resources from Firefox development. Looks to me like they committed as far as they could without bringing the entire company under. Ok, Eich wasn't fired, but he resigned because his own employees were calling for him to be fired. Mozilla Foundation people (i.e. not his employees) actually. But anyway, I hope this argument works for the president too.