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You'd be better off using and contributing to Firefox. Less work, more result.
by clouddrover 3y ago
You'd be better off using and contributing to Firefox.
Less work, more result.
- CodesInChaos 3y agoBut probably less fun as well.
- clouddrover 3y agoHe's not doing it for fun. He's doing it because he's "fed up with it". GoSub will be used by tens of people. If he makes a contribution to Firefox it will be used by millions of people.
- smabie 3y agoTens of people seems generous
- ralusek 3y agoI get anxiety about humanity forgetting how to build foundational tools. I feel better when the occasional weirdo dips down into the weeds to try things from scratch. They're often writing blogs and sharing their knowledge, which is nice for keeping the dark arts alive. They're also equipped with knowledge that we didn't have the first time through, and might be able to come up with something fundamentally better. Good way to help ensure we're not stuck in some local maximum.
- pacifika 3y agoIt seems to me the author seems unhappy with the lack of control of how external content affects their well-being and by creating their own software hopes to influence this. With that in mind, they’re unlikely to influence a massive established project.
- iefbr14 3y agoFirefox received billions from Google the last five years.
- clouddrover 3y agoAnd?
- iefbr14 3y agoYou never thought about the why and what for?
- clouddrover 3y agoYou unable to answer such a simple question?
- iefbr14 3y agoMaybe you should rephrase your question and make it a bit more specific, because "and?" is a bit vague.
- clouddrover 3y agoIt really isn't.
- phendrenad2 3y agoIt's already answered, by Mozilla
- dizhn 3y agoTo get what any particular person wants from their own imagining of a browser,you'd first have to remove a lot of things from any established browser, be it chromium or firefox. Try to push such a PR and see what happens.
- forgotpwd16 3y agoHow many external contributors Firefox has?