It appears that the Mozilla project is not just copying Chrome's look and feel for browser releases, but also copying Google's strategy of launching things and then abandoning them.
End of Support for Firefox Lockwise
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Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise
#52Very annoying. I use Firefox, but I also loved Lockwise as a general password manager for other apps. What's the next best?
It is my understanding that Firefox itself will work as general password manager for other apps.
Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise
#53When do we fork Firefox because Mozilla is a failure at their job? They've managed to lose almost all their market popularity, mobile Firefox share is almost nonexistent, they pay their executives extremely disproportionately compared to most nonprofits, they have expanded into countless failed side projects (Firefox OS, Firefox Send) and vestigial side projects they aren't good at (Pocket, Firefox Focus, Firefox Rea…
> When do we fork Firefox because Mozilla is a failure at their job? When we can and will do better. FWIW, I heard Mozilla is offering full refunds to everyone that purchased Lockwise, which is way better than you'd get from any for-profit company.
Full refunds? I get the ethics - but that means that this entire experiment was a very, very expensive failure that only caused a net loss to the brand and Mozilla's finances. Heads should roll in management, but they won't.
Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise
#54Before everybody gets up in arms from the headline, they're just moving/keeping this feature into the Firefox browser. The article says: > Firefox for iOS will already sync your saved Lockwise passwords. You can currently only use those inside Firefox. Check back for updates in December 2021 on how to use Firefox for iOS as your system-wide password manager. [It's already there on Firefox for Android.]
Their messaging was pretty poor here imo. The email they sent me gave no clear indication that Firefox would have this ability in it's body.
These are the first paragraphs of the email I got:
> On December 13th 2021, the Firefox browser will be officially "resorbing" Firefox Lockwise. Don't worry, all your saved Lockwise passwords will still be available through the Firefox browser using a Firefox account.
> The Firefox Lockwise app will no longer be updated and supported by Mozilla and will not be available in the Apple App and Google Play Stores. After that date, current Lockwise users can continue to access their saved passwords and their password management in the Firefox desktop and mobile browsers.
It seems pretty clear-cut to me.
Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise
#55When do we fork Firefox because Mozilla is a failure at their job? They've managed to lose almost all their market popularity, mobile Firefox share is almost nonexistent, they pay their executives extremely disproportionately compared to most nonprofits, they have expanded into countless failed side projects (Firefox OS, Firefox Send) and vestigial side projects they aren't good at (Pocket, Firefox Focus, Firefox Rea…
Fork it. Nobody’s stopping you.
Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
TFA answers your question.
Could you elaborate? I'm not sure what TFA stands for in this context. If you meant 2FA (two factor authentication), that doesn't solve the problem of managing passwords.
TFA = The F*cking Article, a version of RTFM, basically.
> Note: Firefox for iOS will already sync your saved Lockwise passwords. You can currently only use those inside Firefox. Check back for updates in December 2021 on how to use Firefox for iOS as your system-wide password manager.
Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise
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#58Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise
#59Ah, you got me by a minute to submit. This is a bummer but not surprising. There have been a number of outstanding bugs that were never addressed and releases were slowing down - even when github commits were getting backed up.
Please do elaborate. Also, does this leave users in the lurch, or will an updated Firefox satisfy all the use cases of Lockwise? Thanks.
For about 6 months or so I had to build my own release of lockwise because they had trouble supporting a point release of Android.
Their repo also hasn't seen any commits for about a year now:
Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise
#60It would be really great if, when announcing the deprecation with a firm date, they would also announce a firm (preferably earlier) date for the replacement iOS Firefox functionality.