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Firefox was even over 30% at one point. It's a fine browser, but that 30% was in the desktop era where the only competition was a stagnant IE. Then mobile happ
by dahwolf 3y ago
Firefox was even over 30% at one point. It's a fine browser, but that 30% was in the desktop era where the only competition was a stagnant IE.
Then mobile happened and Firefox failed to secure a seat at the mobile OS table. Nor does it have any big web property to push the browser. So neither on mobile nor on desktop does Mozilla have any leverage.
It's not an engineering problem, it's a leverage problem. But even in engineering Mozilla can't out-compete Google. There's no way out of this sink hole.
Such is the technical analysis, but I want to compliment it with the normie analysis: nobody gives a shit about browsers. They're free and all do the same thing. Hence people go with the default and stick to it for life.
- ForestCritter 3y agoI used Mozilla firefox for close to 20 years, perfectly happy. I was very happy when they made their android app but sadly it was the plague. Then they changed stuff on the desktop and it stopped working the same. I moved on to stuff that works ( not chrome or google). I would say some of it is definitely an engineering problem.