What’s up with Firefox?

Re:What’s up with Firefox? by criddell on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:33PM (#13485733)

So if their strategy was a good one, why did it fail?

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Re:What’s up with Firefox? by GCA10 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:12PM (#13486158)

The Firefox team assumed that Android would be an expensive, bulky OS that wouldn't fit into sub-$120 phones -- leaving lots of room for spartan little Firefox OS to own the low end.

Not so. Android decided to do cheap and lean, too. I did some price comparisons in emerging markets back in 2015, and everywhere that Firefox OS tried to play, there was an Android alternative available at a comparable price. More details are here:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/537661/firefox-maker-batt...

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Re:What’s up with Firefox? by sushisource on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:43PM (#13485848)

Poor execution.

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