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Remember last week when we were all supposed to be switching to Firefox to advocate for them? In 2024, please switch to Firefox https://news.ycombinator.com/it

• Brian_K_White 3y ago
  Still true. The reason for that is orthogonal to this.
  • johnnyanmac 3y ago
    Sadly true, even if they phone it in. Maybe we need a 3rd major web engine? I don't know if that's even possible at this point.
• ta_9390 3y ago
  People need to pay some inconvenience for the better cause of web usability, privacy, software freedom, etc.. Everybody knows that Linux started with low funding a tiny userbase that had to accept the inconvenience over the year to avoid the project death, now Linux is irreplaceable technology that we rely on more than most popular software, it wouldn't reach that point if users quickly got annoyed and gave up on freedom of software.
  • Nextgrid 3y ago
    The analogy doesn't apply to Firefox though because it is very far from "low funding" as the CEO pay reflects. Not to mention, Firefox was good and was at one point irreplaceable before mismanagement ruined it and continues to ruin it.
  • webworker 3y ago
    I can get behind this sentiment for something like haiku os. I actually make an annual contribution to because they’ve been clear about using it to pay developers/contributors. The fact that the ceo of Mozilla gets paid handsomely doesn’t inconvenience me, but it makes it harder for me to justify donating to or supporting them like I would for haiku.