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> They frivolously spend on side-projects nobody needs. I’m curious, what unneeded side-projects do they have?

dig1 6y ago
Just go through https://github.com/mozilla https://github.com/mozilla and I bet you didn't hear about 90% of them. If you paginate further, you'll see most of them aren't maintained much anymore.
rubber_duck 6y ago
WebThings ? There are OSS projects in this space and I don't see how they plan on capturing value for the organisation or provide value to the community by building yet another solution that currently has very weak integration with 3rd party devices.
dandellion 6y ago
The new crappy address bar that nobody asked for, pocket, hubs, three different mobile browsers, some useless award and probably more that I don't remember. Also annoying is how they constantly kill useful features like RSS or bookmark descriptions. I use Firefox because I still like it better than Chrome and I like to support free software, but it's obvious to me that Mozilla doesn't really care about their users and they're too busy chasing shiny things. I expect they'll keep losing market share until they become irrelevant and disappear.
- thomasahle 6y ago
  Isn't pocket a sponsor of Mozilla? I always thought that was why it was there.
  - dwighttk 6y ago
    Mozilla bought pocket
  - marcusverus 6y ago
    Pocket was a third party service when it became a default Firefox feature in 2015. Mozilla acquired it in 2017.[0] I could not find any data on what they paid. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service)
- michaelnik 6y ago
  Meanwhile, to use Web Bluetooth Web (very cool and practical) there is no other option than Chrome[0]. [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Bluetooth_API#Browser_compatibility https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Bluetoo...
ColinHayhurst 6y ago
Mozilla acquired Pocket https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-pocket/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-po...
- sukilot 6y ago
  Instead of hiring devs to fix browser bugs

dig1 6y ago

Just go through https://github.com/mozilla https://github.com/mozilla and I bet you didn't hear about 90% of them. If you paginate further, you'll see most of them aren't maintained much anymore.

rubber_duck 6y ago

WebThings ? There are OSS projects in this space and I don't see how they plan on capturing value for the organisation or provide value to the community by building yet another solution that currently has very weak integration with 3rd party devices.

dandellion 6y ago

The new crappy address bar that nobody asked for, pocket, hubs, three different mobile browsers, some useless award and probably more that I don't remember. Also annoying is how they constantly kill useful features like RSS or bookmark descriptions. I use Firefox because I still like it better than Chrome and I like to support free software, but it's obvious to me that Mozilla doesn't really care about their users and they're too busy chasing shiny things. I expect they'll keep losing market share until they become irrelevant and disappear.

thomasahle 6y ago
Isn't pocket a sponsor of Mozilla? I always thought that was why it was there.
- dwighttk 6y ago
  Mozilla bought pocket
- marcusverus 6y ago
  Pocket was a third party service when it became a default Firefox feature in 2015. Mozilla acquired it in 2017.[0] I could not find any data on what they paid. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(service)
michaelnik 6y ago
Meanwhile, to use Web Bluetooth Web (very cool and practical) there is no other option than Chrome[0]. [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Bluetooth_API#Browser_compatibility https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Bluetoo...

ColinHayhurst 6y ago

Mozilla acquired Pocket https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-pocket/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-po...

sukilot 6y ago
Instead of hiring devs to fix browser bugs