How Mozilla Ruined Firefox
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Firefox used to be on top of the world with almost a third of all internet users using Firefox. These days, they make up a pitiful 2.7% of the market share. ...

Actually pretty good video.

  • Search engine
  • Google location service instead of their own (which they quit)
  • FakeSpot & Pocket collecting crazy personalized data

Also info about difference between Mozilla Corporation and MZLA Nonprofit.

If you donate to Mozilla, nothing goes to Firefox. Instead they host petitions and beg big tech companies to be more transparent.

They dont focus on old users at all, and it seems they are unable to implement basic stuff.

I still recommend using Firefox, but with the Arkenfox userJS.

Or just use Librewolf.

Firefox is not usable. And dont donate to Mozilla I guess.

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
    12·
    7 months ago

    Seriously, I hope Mozilla dies so that it can be reborn by a different org that gives a fuck about browsers, because Mozilla sure as hell doesn’t.

    And why do you think that would happen as opposed to Chromium just becoming the only browser engine available?

      • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
        12·
        7 months ago

        To be able to claim they’re not a monopoly. But I’m not sure what you’re getting at. You want Google to create a new org to compete with Chromium after Mozilla dies? That seems neither realistic nor something to hope for.

          • dsemy@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            7 months ago

            Check out the Ladybird browser (by the same people making SerenityOS), it’s a new browser with its own engine. It’s already functional enough for me to use it to post this comment (though it is still in very early development).

              • dsemy@lemm.eeEnglish
                21·
                7 months ago

                They’re building their own memory safe language, Jakt, but it’s not mature enough to be used by Ladybird yet. Dismissing it at such an early point for this reason is pretty dumb IMO, especially considering this is by far the most complete alternative browser engine, and it’s getting better at a very rapid pace.

                You’re right about Discord though…

                edit: BTW, I’d wager the complexity of Chrome’s code base is still largely responsiblefor the introduction of bugs, even if most are of a certain type. Ladybird is extremely simple in comparison.