As soon as their revenue isn't dependent on Firefox, why would they continue to develop it? If they found a different cash cow with their wild bets, why would

As soon as their revenue isn't dependent on Firefox, why would they continue to develop it? If they found a different cash cow with their wild bets, why would they cross-subsidize Firefox with it? Not focusing on Firefox makes Firefox less likely to thrive, no matter which way you look at it. It's quite hard to turn that kind of ship around, though, psychologically, when you've been fighting rearguard for so long, and mentally are in a place of prestige while the halo of lights imperceptibly fades. Mozilla's shadow is its own worst enemy.