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It is impossible to fork Firefox and survive. If you destroy Mozilla all the users will migrate to Chrome. There is no successful financial model for browser de
by jjawssd 9y ago
It is impossible to fork Firefox and survive. If you destroy Mozilla all the users will migrate to Chrome. There is no successful financial model for browser development. Browser development is a financial black hole and requires alternative revenue streams for developers to put food on the table.
- onli 9y agoA real fork might be impossible, but a soft fork that just disables features like this should be possible.
- Pete_D 9y agoIndeed, this is how IceCat works: by taking the Firefox ESR release and sed'ing out things like EME and telemetry. https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git/tree/makeicecat https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git/tree/makeicec...
- squarefoot 9y ago"It is impossible to fork Firefox and survive" Pale Moon did this a while ago and is still around, although in need of donations as many other volunteer-driven projects. https://www.palemoon.org/ https://www.palemoon.org/
- AsyncAwait 9y agoPale Moon would sink in a week if Mozilla closes, it does not have the resources to implement or influence new standards.
- digi_owl 9y agoAnd Mozilla has?!
- AsyncAwait 9y agoCertainly more so than Pale Moon.
- squarefoot 9y agoThat wasn't a Mozilla vs Pale Moon contest, anyway if Mozilla would close Pale Moon would likely inherit at least part of its developers and user base. Surviving economically however would be a totally different beast.
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