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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by amelius on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @11:22AM (#24121241)
The major threat for the web is Native Apps.

They should find/build/maintain a good alternative for that.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by themacguffinman on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @07:31PM (#24127154)
I think they've already tried, their attempt was called "Firefox OS" which ran web apps exclusively. I don't think they have the skill or clout to pull it off. And I don't say that as an insult, not even Google could really pull it off, although they're still trying. Native app performance is too far superior, even now.
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by amelius on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @05:58AM (#24130210)
But now we have wasm. Perhaps it could change the situation?
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