Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by ac29 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:16PM
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Even if you got 100% of those projects committed to integrating Mozilla technology, you'd have a infinitesimal fraction of the browser market. Furthermore, those users are already probably fairly anti-Google, so it would be preaching to the converted.
Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by CameronNemo on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:48PM
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You have to start somewhere... and many LOS users do not mind Google. They just want an up to date ROM.
Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by takluyver on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:19PM
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Can I play? You get pushback from most of those projects because Chrome is the 'just works' option for the mobile web - no-one tests their websites with Firefox mobile. Some of them are persuaded on principle (like Replicant), some want money, some refuse outright. We'll say you agree a $500k /yr deal for Firefox as the default in Lineage.
You still have a tiny fraction of the mobile browser market, because all those platforms together are a drop in the Android & iOS ocean.
Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by qu4z-2 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:36AM
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I'm not entirely convinced users of microG put "just works" first and foremost...
Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by CameronNemo on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:49PM
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IME Firefox on Android works well for most, if not all, of the websites I have visited.
Regarding the tiny drop comment: you have to start somewhere. Why not with the users who have the most tolerance and technical skills?
I would work with the LineageOS, Replicant, Ubuntu Touch, postmarketOS, microG, Fairphone, Pinephone, etc. folks to integrate the Gecko engine as much as possible into their offerings. Or at least offer flavors that do so, or prompts to select a browser engine on first boot. If necessary and economical I would pay LOS to ship Firefox by default.