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I doubt the internet drama has any real effect on the market share. It’s that chrome and safari work really well so there is no reason for the average user to g

I doubt the internet drama has any real effect on the market share. It’s that chrome and safari work really well so there is no reason for the average user to go out of their way to install Firefox.

byecomputer 6y ago
Honestly, the only reason I switched to Firefox, at first, was because of how ugly Chrome is to me -- on a literal basis, that is. I think Chrome is an eyesore.
- m-p-3 6y ago
  I actually prefer the aesthetic of Chrome, but the functionality of Firefilox is better overall. And Firefox UI is going through a redesign (Proton). https://winaero.com/enable-the-new-proton-design-in-firefox/ https://winaero.com/enable-the-new-proton-design-in-firefox/
- imwillofficial 6y ago
  I don’t use Firefox, but I agree! “Google has no taste”
viraptor 6y ago
> so there is no reason for the average user to go out of their way to install Firefox. Why would FF be going our of your way, but not Chrome? Neither is the default on Windows.
- PurpleFoxy 6y ago
  Edge is chrome now.
tootahe45 6y ago
I feel like they could take an anti-censorship, pro-privacy stance and target the 49% that is being de-platformed. Could partner with the Ben Shapirbros of YT getting millions of followers to download Firefox to avoid 'socialist google'. Maybe fund a decentralized, privacy-focused social network/messaging app. Maybe jump on the crypto hype train. Mozilla's lameness is really the result of privilege and possibly a lack of incentives. When execs get 10m/yr for writing blogs about sexual socialism and BLM, why innovate?
- TheCoelacanth 6y ago
  Diving head first into a culture war seems like one of the most spectacular blunders they could possibly make.
  - imwillofficial 6y ago
    You mean like what they just did? Re: “Deplatforming is not enough”
  - tootahe45 6y ago
    But that 49% is constantly being victimized by big tech. Politics aside, there's money to be made targeting products to this group. (For a company with competent devs ofc, don't need another Parler disaster.)

byecomputer 6y ago

Honestly, the only reason I switched to Firefox, at first, was because of how ugly Chrome is to me -- on a literal basis, that is. I think Chrome is an eyesore.

m-p-3 6y ago
I actually prefer the aesthetic of Chrome, but the functionality of Firefilox is better overall. And Firefox UI is going through a redesign (Proton). https://winaero.com/enable-the-new-proton-design-in-firefox/ https://winaero.com/enable-the-new-proton-design-in-firefox/
imwillofficial 6y ago
I don’t use Firefox, but I agree! “Google has no taste”

viraptor 6y ago

> so there is no reason for the average user to go out of their way to install Firefox. Why would FF be going our of your way, but not Chrome? Neither is the default on Windows.

PurpleFoxy 6y ago
Edge is chrome now.

tootahe45 6y ago

I feel like they could take an anti-censorship, pro-privacy stance and target the 49% that is being de-platformed. Could partner with the Ben Shapirbros of YT getting millions of followers to download Firefox to avoid 'socialist google'. Maybe fund a decentralized, privacy-focused social network/messaging app. Maybe jump on the crypto hype train. Mozilla's lameness is really the result of privilege and possibly a lack of incentives. When execs get 10m/yr for writing blogs about sexual socialism and BLM, why innovate?

TheCoelacanth 6y ago
Diving head first into a culture war seems like one of the most spectacular blunders they could possibly make.
- imwillofficial 6y ago
  You mean like what they just did? Re: “Deplatforming is not enough”
- tootahe45 6y ago
  But that 49% is constantly being victimized by big tech. Politics aside, there's money to be made targeting products to this group. (For a company with competent devs ofc, don't need another Parler disaster.)