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I don't know why people choose their browser based on resource usage. You can have a browser run by a company looking to loot the public good for their own gain

I don't know why people choose their browser based on resource usage. You can have a browser run by a company looking to loot the public good for their own gain, or a non-profit looking to keep the web open and free. Hold on I'm going to pick the one that's marginally faster and more ram efficient...

CharlesW 7y ago
> Hold on I'm going to pick the one that's marginally faster and more ram efficient... In both cases, people are choosing products because they're better. "Better" for most favors properties of the product. "Better" for you favors the politics of the product. Both are completely valid approaches.
- okcando 7y ago
  Eeeehhh... He's arguing for principles and I'm not comfortable with the claim that not having principles is every bit as valid as having them.
  - Godel_unicode 7y ago
    It's a pretty big leap from someone not sharing your exact principles to them not having principles at all.
    - okcando 7y ago
      I'd say that's a pretty uncharitable reading of my comment! That wasn't intended, to be clear.
switch007 7y ago
Exactly. Come on, we're engineers we understand basic tradeoffs.
visarga 7y ago
> Hold on I'm going to pick the one that's marginally faster and more ram efficient... It's about immediate pain vs future gain. People are susceptible to temporal discounting.
_eht 7y ago
I think you should look more in to FF financials. They are not exactly as liberated as you are thinking. There is the Mozilla Foundation which holds all the IP, governs development, and provides supporting infrastructure. Then there is the Mozilla Corporation-- the profit seeking portion of the conglomerate. They are guiding product development and contracts which will either bring profit now, or in the future. Think about their big forced Pocket feature. This is a future profit driver, if it is not already. Source where FF gets the lions share of their funds. I'm not saying they are bad, but use some critical thinking and stop making corporations heros, generally. Hold them accountable. Be aware, use your voice, vote with your patronage.
smittywerben 7y ago
I've always thought "browser performance" was a trope (relic?) from when tabs were new and chrome did tabs the best. If I can't have ublock origin, I'm going back to internet explorer 11.

CharlesW 7y ago

> Hold on I'm going to pick the one that's marginally faster and more ram efficient... In both cases, people are choosing products because they're better. "Better" for most favors properties of the product. "Better" for you favors the politics of the product. Both are completely valid approaches.

okcando 7y ago
Eeeehhh... He's arguing for principles and I'm not comfortable with the claim that not having principles is every bit as valid as having them.
- Godel_unicode 7y ago
  It's a pretty big leap from someone not sharing your exact principles to them not having principles at all.
  - okcando 7y ago
    I'd say that's a pretty uncharitable reading of my comment! That wasn't intended, to be clear.

switch007 7y ago

Exactly. Come on, we're engineers we understand basic tradeoffs.

visarga 7y ago

> Hold on I'm going to pick the one that's marginally faster and more ram efficient... It's about immediate pain vs future gain. People are susceptible to temporal discounting.

_eht 7y ago

I think you should look more in to FF financials. They are not exactly as liberated as you are thinking. There is the Mozilla Foundation which holds all the IP, governs development, and provides supporting infrastructure. Then there is the Mozilla Corporation-- the profit seeking portion of the conglomerate. They are guiding product development and contracts which will either bring profit now, or in the future. Think about their big forced Pocket feature. This is a future profit driver, if it is not already. Source where FF gets the lions share of their funds. I'm not saying they are bad, but use some critical thinking and stop making corporations heros, generally. Hold them accountable. Be aware, use your voice, vote with your patronage.

smittywerben 7y ago

I've always thought "browser performance" was a trope (relic?) from when tabs were new and chrome did tabs the best. If I can't have ublock origin, I'm going back to internet explorer 11.