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The real value of Firefox is to have a serious browser vendor that is not wholly owned by a FAANG company, and it still to some extent focused on the user's nee
by lambdaone 2y ago
The real value of Firefox is to have a serious browser vendor that is not wholly owned by a FAANG company, and it still to some extent focused on the user's needs rather than its parent company's agenda. Having a third browser engine which is neither WebKit or Blink is a win too.
Implementation diversity is absolutely essential to an open-standards based Web, and right now the Web is pretty much the only open channel for pretty much all of human discourse.
Having said which, Mozilla is in real trouble, and desparately need to sort out their business model.