This. People act like funding is some magical bullet that would make Firefox profitable. Firefox is by many metrics a better browser than Chrome. I don't like

This. People act like funding is some magical bullet that would make Firefox profitable. Firefox is by many metrics a better browser than Chrome. I don't like everything about it, I think some parts of it are mismanaged, there are some parts that are underdeveloped and some parts that are straight-up frustrating. And do I get upset when teams get cut or features slashed? Yeah, of course. But it's not lack of engineering that is making Firefox lose. It's antitrust. It genuinely is that simple. You could replace the CEO with pretty much anyone on the planet and the situation would remain the same. The reason why Firefox is losing has nothing to do with features or engineering at this point, Firefox is already arguably better engineered than Chrome is. Meanwhile, diversifying revenue is addressing one of the biggest criticisms people have of Firefox, that it is getting too much of its funding from Google. But does that help? No, because people have an axe to grind.