Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up

Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by bwat49 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:22AM (#24566119)

The browser market is so much different now though.

Firefox was originally competing against the pile of steaming garbage that was IE6.

Now they are competing against Chrome which is actually a good browser, and Chrome also has the advantage of having google behind it which can leverage their search/ad monopoly to push Chrome.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by jacquesm on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:26AM (#24566158)

> which can leverage their search/ad monopoly to push Chrome.

And which they have shamelessly done.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by runarberg on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @12:12PM (#24568642)

Wasn’t IE6 a great browser? The best even?

The way I’ve heard the story is that by the time of firefox, IE6 was still a really good browser, it had just stayed stagnant for a little too long, and bundled got with Microsoft’s monopolistic behavior.

I think there are more parallels between late IE6 and present day Chrome then you give credit for.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by bwat49 on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:23PM (#24584364)

maybe my memory is fuzzy, but I don't have a single fond memory of IE6. I remember it being a revelation how much better firefox was when I first switched back in the day.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by pera on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @12:17PM (#24568693)

Nobody but techies thought back then that IE6 was a "pile of steaming garbage". We are mostly in the same situation today in this regard.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by bwat49 on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:22PM (#24584350)

Chrome is far better than IE6 ever was. Not even close to the same situation IMO.

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