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All good things must come to an end...maybe it's just time that we accept that Mozilla is not an exception to the rule. I firmly believe we need a strong nonpr
by dcchambers 3y ago
All good things must come to an end...maybe it's just time that we accept that Mozilla is not an exception to the rule.
I firmly believe we need a strong nonprofit guiding standards and leading innovation in cross-platform technology, but is Mozilla still filling those shoes?
What truly innovative things have Mozilla done lately? They have been playing catch-up/follow-the-leader with various consumer-focused things like federated social networks, VPNs, VR, etc. Firefox is treading water but still slowly sinking every year. Firefox is great browser - it's not a technical reason why Mozilla is "losing" - it's cultural/hype/marketing/something else entirely. Bugzilla hasn't had a major release in 5+ years and has lost the battle of bug tracking to things like GitHub Issues. Thunderbird is back in active development and has had good improvements but has a very niche market. There's Rust, but Rust has it's own foundation now and extends far beyond Mozilla.
The MDN web docs are great, but wasn't that one of the teams hit hardest by "COVID Layoffs" in 2020?
- Nextgrid 3y ago> it's not a technical reason why Mozilla is "losing" I think it is - Firefox no longer has any selling points now that the competition has not only caught up but overtaken it. There are easy features they can add to make the browser appealing out-of-the-box to non-technical users but those would require courage and taking on some actual risk. Every other product is useless - we don't need yet another VPN, or yet another password manager. Both those markets are already saturated by both shitty and good products, there is nothing Mozilla can bring to the table.