Firefox on the brink?

#1

Post by alexzeitler » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

Firefox on the brink?
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#2

Post by pjmlp » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:31 PM UTC

Yes, the Web has turned into ChromeOS, with the help of many folks that used to bash IE.

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#3

Post by nequo » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:32 PM UTC

I want Firefox to not be on the brink. I have had no problems with it on Linux over the last few years since I switched from Chrome. I do not wish to touch Chrome with a ten-foot pole.

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Post by sergiotapia » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:32 PM UTC

>Firefox peaked at 31.82% in November, 2009 — and then began its long slide in almost direct proportion to the rise of Chrome.

It will be a sad day when Firefox is truly dead. But what did Mozilla expect? They spent so much time and energy on activist bullshit that doesn't really matter for THE BROWSER.

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Post by dartos » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:32 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #2

Yes, the Web has turned into ChromeOS, with the help of many folks that used to bash IE.

There’s still safari at 34% usage. :badpokerface:

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Post by lxgr » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:33 PM UTC

> I am personally unaware of any serious reason to believe that Firefox’s numbers will improve soon.

Hopefully the DMA can help? I’m not using Firefox on iOS mainly due to a lack of extension support.

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Post by tommica » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:33 PM UTC

What could get people to move to firefox? Is the only way really to have have your browser be popular is to have it either be installed by default, or being advertised on a page that people use daily? Would be crazy if facebook had a banner stating "switch to firefox now" suddenly

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Post by tokai » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:33 PM UTC

This article is like 6 years too late. The drop has happened, there's not really anything to base an "continuing free-fall" on. Even the articles own data show that Firefox usage has flatlined.

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Post by malermeister » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:33 PM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #4

>Firefox peaked at 31.82% in November, 2009 — and then began its long slide in almost direct proportion to the rise of Chrome. It will be a sad day when Firefox is truly dead. But what did Mozilla expect? They spent so much time and energy on activist bullshit that doesn't really matter for THE BROWSER.

The browser itself is good these days. All these complaints are themselves activist bullshit that doesn't really matter.

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Post by BossingAround » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:33 PM UTC

With Google trying to cripple adblocker extensions, I hope users will find their way back to Firefox.