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To play devils advocate, Firefox breaks the monoculture, and arguably (Mobile) Safari too. If neither of these is big enough, will Ladybird be? I can’t imagine
by danpalmer 2y ago
To play devils advocate, Firefox breaks the monoculture, and arguably (Mobile) Safari too. If neither of these is big enough, will Ladybird be? I can’t imagine it getting bigger than them.
- otabdeveloper4 2y ago> Firefox breaks the monoculture Not really as long as it is funded by Google.
- danpalmer 2y agoBut it’s a completely separate codebase right, and that’s the monoculture we’re aiming to prevent here. If it’s not about tech but rather about funding, then should we be concerned of the monoculture of American browser vendors, or English speaking browser vendors? I don’t think we need to be, but I also think the tech side is the important place to prevent a monoculture for the open development of web technologies.
- account42 2y ago> But it’s a completely separate codebase right Not entirely separate anymore as both make use of shared external libraries.
- blowski 2y agoI might argue that being funded by Google gives Firefox stability, and allows it to deliver to a broad audience. If it were funded exclusively by, say, HN readers then it would probably end up being used exclusively by HN users.
- account42 2y agoHave you looked at Firefox's market share lately?