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I would think that FF lost a lot of users to brave and similar alternatives because they have the same target demographic. Execs probably earn so much because

I would think that FF lost a lot of users to brave and similar alternatives because they have the same target demographic. Execs probably earn so much because of their connections, but I fail to see how this would improve adaptation. Mozilla is in a difficult position although I never believed in star management. A manager that isn't an idiot is important, but... Overall management pay is vastly exaggerated to a degree of severe perversion of course. But here Mozilla is sadly not a special case. I believe FF would be a good solution even for corporate environments, but it would be very hard to advertise it to IT in a Windows landscape that can just use the new Edge.

logicalmonster 4y ago
> I would think that FF lost a lot of users to brave and similar alternatives because they have the same target demographic. Yeah. I really want to promote Firefox more because I think it would be a good thing for the Internet to have multiple capable browser engines that all have some traction in the marketplace, but IMO Mozilla has become too concerned about culture war bullshit to be a super-effective player among the smaller group of people that really care about that stuff. And it's a shame because I dislike that so many browsers out there are essentially held captive by decisions that are ultimately made by Google. For example, Manifest Version 3 is likely going to have some real problems for ad-blocking extensions on any Chromium based browser in the long-term. https://www.ghostery.com/blog/manifest-v3-the-ghostery-perspective https://www.ghostery.com/blog/manifest-v3-the-ghostery-persp... Sure, some browsers like Brave will be able to keep their core in-built blocking features, but anything extension related that potentially goes against Google's interests is always going to be a concern for any smaller browser.
- raxxorraxor 4y ago
  Yeah, especially since the arguments for improved security are extremely questionable. Compared to websites, malicious browser extensions are a small problem and I do believe making it harder for adblockers is part of Googles motivation.

logicalmonster 4y ago

> I would think that FF lost a lot of users to brave and similar alternatives because they have the same target demographic. Yeah. I really want to promote Firefox more because I think it would be a good thing for the Internet to have multiple capable browser engines that all have some traction in the marketplace, but IMO Mozilla has become too concerned about culture war bullshit to be a super-effective player among the smaller group of people that really care about that stuff. And it's a shame because I dislike that so many browsers out there are essentially held captive by decisions that are ultimately made by Google. For example, Manifest Version 3 is likely going to have some real problems for ad-blocking extensions on any Chromium based browser in the long-term. https://www.ghostery.com/blog/manifest-v3-the-ghostery-perspective https://www.ghostery.com/blog/manifest-v3-the-ghostery-persp... Sure, some browsers like Brave will be able to keep their core in-built blocking features, but anything extension related that potentially goes against Google's interests is always going to be a concern for any smaller browser.

raxxorraxor 4y ago
Yeah, especially since the arguments for improved security are extremely questionable. Compared to websites, malicious browser extensions are a small problem and I do believe making it harder for adblockers is part of Googles motivation.