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It may kill Mozilla, no reason to say it will kill Firefox itself. Perhaps Firefox would flourish a lot more if it is finally released from Mozilla's clutches.
by dartharva 2mo ago
It may kill Mozilla, no reason to say it will kill Firefox itself. Perhaps Firefox would flourish a lot more if it is finally released from Mozilla's clutches.
- exitheone 2mo agoThat's extremely unlikely. Keeping up with modern browser features takes a very large amount of work.
- vsgherzi 2mo agoThat’s true but I think most people’s beef is that most of the funding for Mozilla isn’t going to that work. Wethers that’s the case or no I have no idea, but that’s the general sentiment
- DroneBetter 2mo agothe CEO's pay in particular seems to have absorbed a large portion of the savings created by layoffs. cf. Mozilla Firefox Is Dying (2025) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939271 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939271 and a list of posts from 2024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39303736 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39303736
- sfdlkj3jk342a 2mo agoI would have agreed with you a couple years ago. But a few motivated volunteer developers and some LLMs could do it (possibly along with some moderate community funding).
- throwatdem12311 2mo agoWho would possibly take it over? Redhat maybe? I don’t think Firefox survives as a community based project.
- theraido 2mo agoI would love to see it be funded by the EU, but it shouldn't be owned or developed by the EU.