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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by KingOfCoders on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @03:53AM (#24564231)
It's not just the leadership at Firefox. FF has been hijacked by a bunch of people who have no interest in the browser and sucked it dry while it went down. Sad for the people at Mozilla who cared about the browser and wrote the code.

As an FF user I hope Mozilla does a turn around, gets back its engineering culture and focuses on delivering the best - and most secure and private - browser in the market.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by andrewgioia on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:12AM (#24566040)
If you have a link or other details I’m interested in who you’re referring to that hijacked/influenced development. I’ve never heard that and am really curious. I too really hope they can turn it around but sadly have been less and less hopeful.
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by dayjobpork on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:32AM (#24566213)
Possibly taking one of the best parts of Firefox, the addons, and replacing it with a system that doesn't bother to support many of the most popular addons.
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by IainIreland on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:45AM (#24568388)
An opposing point of view, from somebody at Mozilla who cared about the browser and wrote the code: https://yoric.github.io/post/why-did-mozilla-remove-xul-addo...
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by FeepingCreature on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:52AM (#24566389)
The sad part is -- I genuinely believe they were trying to do the right thing with that.
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:08AM (#24567231)
Slavishly copying Google's plans to nerf the addon interface isn't "the right thing". Thankfully, Google has gone too far by crippling ad blockers and Firefox is unlikely to fall on that sword.
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by Imaiomus on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:51AM (#24566369)
To me its the nokia-ms move
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