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> The browser market is highly competitive And that's exactly the problem: treating it like a market. I don't want browsers to be a competitive market, in the
by WhyNotHugo 2y ago
> The browser market is highly competitive
And that's exactly the problem: treating it like a market. I don't want browsers to be a competitive market, in the same way that I don't want libraries, primary schools, firefighters or healthcare to be a competitive market.
In modern society, they're essential needs, which need to stop catering to the capitalist overlords and need to focus on the needs of the many.
- kevincox 2y agoBut that ignores the reality. Chrome is implementing new (often privacy harmful) features and because the Chrome market share is high enough websites depend on them. Then the average user has to pick Chrome because "Firefox is broken". The network effects between website and viewers make the market real and failing to gain a significant market share results in you effectively being cut out and failing to serve the needs of most of your users (unless you can match Chrome's insane pace of development bug-for-bug).
- EasyMark 2y agoFirefox isn't broken, I literally use it all day long as my browser for work and home usage. Rare occasions I pull out brave, maybe once a month, for something that has an issue, and usually that's not it, it's an extension or something.
- kevincox 2y agoI also use it almost exclusively, but sites that don't support it (or more often that just don't test against it and have various broken features) are becoming more common. As the market share shrinks this will become more and more common.