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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by takluyver on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:19PM (#24122082)
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.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by qu4z-2 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:36AM (#24128626)
I'm not entirely convinced users of microG put "just works" first and foremost...
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by CameronNemo on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:49PM (#24133929)
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?

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