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If Google demands Firefox limit the capabilities then that is what will happen. Google is Microsoft in the 90's when it comes to the browser but sadly there is

• jsnell 5y ago
  Which feature has Firefox removed or crippled due to such a demand? I cannot think of one, but presumably you have a few documented examples given how confident you are about this.
  • fragileone 5y ago
    It's not about Google demanding it, it's that Mozilla has less developer capacity than Google so they're spending more time matching Google's API changes instead of implementing their own. For instance Manifest V3 would mean the end of uBlock Origin and other content blockers if Mozilla follow Google's implementation exactly, and whilst they've said recently they're not intending to deprecate the content blocking APIs this isn't a long-term certainty especially with this new conformity group arising.
    • jsnell 5y ago
      The original claim was: "If Google demands Firefox limit the capabilities then that is what will happen." What you're writing seems completely unrelated to the original conspiracy theory. But sure, why not. Let's move the goalposts. If Mozilla does not have the resources to implement standards, why bother joining a standardization effort? Why not just stand outside tent and piss into it? Because everyone is actually better served by standards, and Mozilla is better off having a say in what gets standardized.