Re:What’s up with Firefox?
by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:31PM
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On the other hand, you look at what ARM is doing to x86.
80% as good for 20% of the cost wins. You just have to be willing to accept selling for 20% of the cost.
The problem Mozilla has is that their hardware is not going to be any better/cheaper than somebody else's because it is somebody else's, and they can't undercut Android on price because Android is free.
What might have been an interesting strategy is to create a Firefox-branded version of Android that ships Mozilla equivalents to the Google apps.
80% as good for 20% of the cost wins. You just have to be willing to accept selling for 20% of the cost.
The problem Mozilla has is that their hardware is not going to be any better/cheaper than somebody else's because it is somebody else's, and they can't undercut Android on price because Android is free.
What might have been an interesting strategy is to create a Firefox-branded version of Android that ships Mozilla equivalents to the Google apps.