Mozilla CEO quits, pushes pivot to data privacy champion… but what about Firefox?::Could it have more to do with browser’s ever-increasing irrelevance?

    • cosmic_slate@dmv.social
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      10 months ago

      Firefox has been on a very obvious fade to irrelevance. Plugging our ears simply doesn’t change it and almost nobody cares what Google does with Chrome.

      This isn’t 2008 where Firefox ran so much better than IE.

      Unlike the opinion author’s take, I’m optimistic that their renewed focus on privacy might be their best near-term shot at increasing revenue. At least it beats their Pocket acquisition……

      • iiGxC@slrpnk.net
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        10 months ago

        I think it is actually a good move. That’s what brave did, but firefox has the extra advantage of not still being chromium and also not being brave