Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
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Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
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Re: Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
#2Personally and strictly my own ignorant and informal opinion, Firefox and by extension Mozilla Corp. was doomed the moment it decided to compete with Chrome by being more like Chrome. Firefox built its userbase by being different than the dominant browser, then decided the only way to not die was to be exactly like the dominant browser except with less icky behind-the-scenes privacy behavior.
That was a fundamental mistake. The who's-got-the-biggest-version-number dick-measuring, the constant deprecation of power features and customizability, everything that was intended to beat Chrome in a contest Google couldn't lose is the reason Firefox can't hold onto a decent market share. The 25% of internet users who wanted what Firefox offered ten years ago still want the same thing now, but Firefox decided it was worth losing that 25% trying to chase the 75%, and they lost.
Re: Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
#3Personally and strictly my own ignorant and informal opinion, Firefox and by extension Mozilla Corp. was doomed the moment it decided to compete with Chrome by being more like Chrome. Firefox built its userbase by being different than the dominant browser, then decided the only way to not die was to be exactly like the dominant browser except with less icky behind-the-scenes privacy behavior. That was a fundamental m…
I find it hard to disagree with this sentiment.
I don't use firefox as my main browser because it's better than Chrome, I use it because it's not google.
Re: Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
#4Revenue is secured. They have another deal with Google worth ~500M a year for the next few years.
But for growing it and for the future of the browser that’s TBD imo
Re: Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
#5Personally and strictly my own ignorant and informal opinion, Firefox and by extension Mozilla Corp. was doomed the moment it decided to compete with Chrome by being more like Chrome. Firefox built its userbase by being different than the dominant browser, then decided the only way to not die was to be exactly like the dominant browser except with less icky behind-the-scenes privacy behavior. That was a fundamental m…
I find it hard to disagree with this sentiment. I don't use firefox as my main browser because it's better than Chrome, I use it because it's not google.
I find I am not missing anything in terms of features or stability since the quantum engine except perhaps bookmark management being a bit clunky.
If you truly prefer chrome why not use a chromium browser that is not Google? (Brave for example)
Re: Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
#6Personally and strictly my own ignorant and informal opinion, Firefox and by extension Mozilla Corp. was doomed the moment it decided to compete with Chrome by being more like Chrome. Firefox built its userbase by being different than the dominant browser, then decided the only way to not die was to be exactly like the dominant browser except with less icky behind-the-scenes privacy behavior. That was a fundamental m…
I don't think so, i switched to Firefox about two years ago, after the major upgrades, and I think it's way snappier, faster and more usable than chrome.
Re: Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
#7Personally and strictly my own ignorant and informal opinion, Firefox and by extension Mozilla Corp. was doomed the moment it decided to compete with Chrome by being more like Chrome. Firefox built its userbase by being different than the dominant browser, then decided the only way to not die was to be exactly like the dominant browser except with less icky behind-the-scenes privacy behavior. That was a fundamental m…
The challenge with not competing with Chrome is that websites are now mostly developed with Chrome as the dev-tool.
Even large companies are just optimizing for that one browser:
https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/11/28/please-build-websites-w...
How many users are going to be willing to put up with stuff not working until they switch?
Re: Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
#8Revenue is secured. They have another deal with Google worth ~500M a year for the next few years. But for growing it and for the future of the browser that’s TBD imo
Why would google fund a direct competitor unless they thought it was to their advantage?
I don’t see how this helps Firefox Users.
Re: Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
#9Personally and strictly my own ignorant and informal opinion, Firefox and by extension Mozilla Corp. was doomed the moment it decided to compete with Chrome by being more like Chrome. Firefox built its userbase by being different than the dominant browser, then decided the only way to not die was to be exactly like the dominant browser except with less icky behind-the-scenes privacy behavior. That was a fundamental m…
Lack of good built-in RSS reader is puzzling. Could have been their way into offering paid web services as the cross platform browser is so perfectly positioned for this feature.
Re: Mozilla’s Uncertain Future
#10Revenue is secured. They have another deal with Google worth ~500M a year for the next few years. But for growing it and for the future of the browser that’s TBD imo
Why would google fund a direct competitor unless they thought it was to their advantage? I don’t see how this helps Firefox Users.
It is to their advantage. They get all the search ad revenue