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I can't help but feel Firefox OS is going to be like Linux desktop. Too late to market and without a giant bankroll require to pay their way in. "this is the y

• GutenYe 12y ago
  Don't worry, we still have Ubuntu Phone behind us.
• joshuapants 12y ago
  I think there's a key difference: there is a niche of Linux desktop users. They'll probably never be very big (not in the foreseeable future, at least), but they're there and since they tend to be power users they're sort of self-supporting. In contrast, I don't see Firefox OS carving out a similar niche, though I'd really like it to. It doesn't really do anything the others don't do (and it's missing a lot of what they can do), the devices are uniformly pretty terrible, and the strategy seems simply to be to compete for the low end. Unfortunately, the low end is being targeted by pretty much everyone but Apple, so they've got plenty of competition and no real value proposition.
• on_and_off 12y ago
  Microsoft is trying to buy its way in. So far, with a lot of cash but very limited success. I don't see how FFOS can hope for better results. Mozilla's strategy seems to be to start with the low end but Android has already that covered and is even starting to produce some very impressive low end devices (Moto E, Android One, ...). And Android is not even the only platform coveting that market. Mozilla seems to be cheaper but an tremendous difference in quality. I am not sure that they stand much of a chance with that. To be fair, I am not an economist, so maybe their ultra cheap phones can land them some markets where Android One & competitors are too costly ?