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I’m remembering this discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32985713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32985713 which had many people basically say
by an1sotropy 4y ago
I’m remembering this discussion
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32985713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32985713
which had many people basically saying “mozilla can blame itself for Firefox being marginal”, but I guess I wasn’t paying attention for the last decade or so: is there something that summarizes how they alienated browser users?
Thanks for sharing this example of FF leading on some features.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoThey didn't alienate users, they just couldn't afford to buy users in the same way that others did as the market expanded rapidly. Some developers/users complained about them reducing their customisability, to match Chrome's speed and simplicity. Others complained about them not doing that enough. But the real issue was that a potential CEO got pushed out because he donated to a political campaign to stop gay marriage being allowed. This was considered a bad thing by reactionaries so they loudly complained about it for years in an attempt to punish Mozilla. And it worked. Now lots of people are angry at Mozilla and don't really understand why, they're just following the angry crowd.
- jeegsy 4y agoPost Eich, Mozilla has done a lot more to offend "reactionaries" as you have described them.
- an1sotropy 4y agoSuch as what? I’m genuinely curious.