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Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

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Post by katrinarrlyn »

everfree wrote: post #14
bobsoap wrote: post #4

Finally! No more "You know, you should really get Firefox, it's super easy. First you need to go to this other website though. Yes, I know, I know. Just trust me, okay?"

Chrome = Google.com Edge = Microsoft.com Safari = Apple.com Seems like Firefox is now the outlier, not the other way around. Now Firefox is the only browser with a home page domain the same as its common name. (Note: I’m not saying that I think it’s a bad thing.)

hahaha, indeed. but i always can't remember mozilla (i don't even know i spelled it right), the other is really to remember, and automatically you know google has a chrome browser, etc.

Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

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Post by mtmail »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #30
Traubenfuchs wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That‘s… commendable… or foolish? I would have rented or sold it to the highest bidder.

Whoever you sold it to would have to have a valid Firefox trademark in a different field like the original owner did, or Firefox would be to snag it via a trademark lawsuit. Or you could sell it to a malware site, who would lose it fairly quickly but might be able to make some cash in the meantime. I can't imagine they'd earn much though. The old firefox.com didn't have Google juice until after the transition. The on…

https://nissan.com/ even after his death didn't sell out to the car manufacturer (https://www.nissan-global.com/).

Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

#43

Post by firefax »

Traubenfuchs wrote: post #16
xaerise wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was owned by a UK company called Firefox. They actually linked to both Mozilla and Get Firefox for many years as a landing page. When the company shut down, the owner owned it and redirected it to getfirefox.com instead of making a profit from it.

That‘s… commendable… or foolish? I would have rented or sold it to the highest bidder.

>I would have rented or sold it to the highest bidder.

Do you also steal from the library? Mozilla isn't some big bad corporation.

Personally, I'd be a little wary of pissing off the hackers who are fans of that browser using my meatspace name, but hey, you do you. Maybe when you're done you can stroll on down to the local motorcycle bar and kick over some Harleys and see how far that takes you in life.

Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

#44

Post by jraph »

joshmanders wrote: post #28
bobsoap wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That may be, but mozilla.org isn't exactly a brand like google.com. Most people have never heard of it. If you're trying to get non-technical people to try an underdog browser, simplicity helps. A single, straightforward brand name is better.

Literally everyone I know who isn't technical calls Firefox "mozilla". Including older people.

I once heard Mozzarella.

Can you imagine the cheesy user-agent strings we'd have?

Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

#45

Post by jraph »

notfed wrote: post #12
rafram wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250415002534/https://www.mozil...

In other words, the download page used to be: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

And mozilla-europe.org in Europe for some reason, a long time ago at least.

At a time when you'd also install spybot and ccleaner.

Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

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Post by nicce »

imjonse wrote: post #35
ajkjk wrote: post #31

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In this day and age anyone going against profit motive is commendable. the default is "fuck people over but not care because you're abstracted away from them". It's the tragedy of our times. Big respect for anyone who's willing to fight it.

many times it is rationalized as "fuck people over because even if I don't, someone else will, so I might as well be the one to profit". An attitude that scales well from individuals to big corporations.

I think you don’t find many billionaires with opposite ideology.

Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

#47

Post by nicce »

Daviey wrote: post #38
yogorenapan wrote: post #19

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And what, have it serve as malware/phishing? Thankfully most people still seem to have morals and not fallen prey to pure capitalism

Pretty good place to download Chrome or IE, depending who bought it.

Looking for Firefox? Sorry, it has been officially discontinued. Here is something better.

Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

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Post by hatthew »

joshmanders wrote: post #28
bobsoap wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That may be, but mozilla.org isn't exactly a brand like google.com. Most people have never heard of it. If you're trying to get non-technical people to try an underdog browser, simplicity helps. A single, straightforward brand name is better.

Literally everyone I know who isn't technical calls Firefox "mozilla". Including older people.

anecdotally, I have never heard anybody call the browser software "mozilla" alone

Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

#49

Post by cAtte_ »

mtmail wrote: post #42
bryanlarsen wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whoever you sold it to would have to have a valid Firefox trademark in a different field like the original owner did, or Firefox would be to snag it via a trademark lawsuit. Or you could sell it to a malware site, who would lose it fairly quickly but might be able to make some cash in the meantime. I can't imagine they'd earn much though. The old firefox.com didn't have Google juice until after the transition. The on…

https://nissan.com/ even after his death didn't sell out to the car manufacturer ( https://www.nissan-global.com/ ).

would be pretty difficult to sell out while dead

Re: Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com

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Post by mwcz »

Am I the only one with deja vu? I distinctly remember a story, shortly after Firefox's initial launch, of a firefox.com domain owner gifting it to Mozilla. Maybe it was getfirefox.com and I'm just getting old and confused.
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