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> Although I understand your sentiment, there was a big uproar (rightly so) when Mozilla cut a lot of stuff that wasn't directly related to Firefox, such as MDN
by thrown_22 4y ago
> Although I understand your sentiment, there was a big uproar (rightly so) when Mozilla cut a lot of stuff that wasn't directly related to Firefox, such as MDN web docs or the experimental Servo browser engine. Building a healthy and innovative ecosystem requires not developing tunnel vision. Having a future requires investing in the future as well as the present.
Funny how under that goal Firefox has gone from 30% of the market to 3%:
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share
Mozilla today is a net negative for the web. We would be better with them dying in a fire so something new can take their place and actually be something that people want to use.
- pessimizer 4y ago> We would be better with them dying in a fire so something new can take their place and actually be something that people want to use. Or at least we might get an antitrust suit that forces google to unload Chrome.
- throw_m239339 4y agoExecutive pay at Mozilla seems inversely proportional to the browser's market share... That's how performance is rewarded at the corporation, the less Firefox is used, the bigger her salary is...
- admax88qqq 4y agoDo you think there's some great "next Mozilla" that isn't taking on off due to the current Mozilla still existing? I don't think that's the case. I don't think they have to be die for something else to take their place.
- thrown_22 4y agoYes, Mozilla is just good enough to not force the people who can make a web browser start because it has decades worth of inertia behind it. They remove functionality every release but there's always a work around that's ok enough to get you past it. I haven't been excited for an update from them in a decade.