Many of the decisions Mozilla has made throughout the past decade have felt more like it’s a resting place for a professional-managerial class, post-capital set of leadership who want to perform tech-goodness from within the same playbook as a big tech company. It’s somehow rudderless and declining, but has plenty of time and connections to chase old-boys-club vanity projects like this. Next up they’ll be next to CrowdStrike on a Formula 1 car.
I’m not saying non-profits should necessarily give off the opposite vibe of being derelict and desperate, but even startups choose to run austerity measures when in decline.
What would Firefox need to do to make a comeback as a web browser?
Obviously this is not it, but what could really work?
I am required to use Chrome at work. I enjoy using Safari personally because it’s well integrated with my Apple devices.
Why would I switch to Firefox? I don’t think there is anything they can do. The party is over.
Its not built by a company that would really prefer you not have an ad blocker.
I wonder if it's like a hail mary before going out on a whimper, or if they really have this kind of money to spend
Many of the decisions Mozilla has made throughout the past decade have felt more like it’s a resting place for a professional-managerial class, post-capital set of leadership who want to perform tech-goodness from within the same playbook as a big tech company. It’s somehow rudderless and declining, but has plenty of time and connections to chase old-boys-club vanity projects like this. Next up they’ll be next to CrowdStrike on a Formula 1 car.
I’m not saying non-profits should necessarily give off the opposite vibe of being derelict and desperate, but even startups choose to run austerity measures when in decline.
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Blog post: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/wrexham-afc-firefox-part... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48832006)