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Re:Firefox 85 by alserio on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @11:04AM (#25917358)
> Normally, the fact that practically nobody actually uses Firefox would mean it's not a huge problem.

I assume you mean "practically nobody without an adblocker". I dread the day we could have to live without Firefox. Don't dismiss it like that, please.

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Re:Firefox 85 by moron4hire on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @12:22PM (#25918538)
I'm sorry, but it's not my fault that Firefox only has 4% market share in the world. Mozilla dismissed themselves.
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Re:Firefox 85 by damnyou on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @03:52PM (#25920897)
I'm pretty sure the primary driver of that was Google turning Chrome into shovelware bundled with Adobe Flash and marketing it aggressively.
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Re:Firefox 85 by moron4hire on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @04:19PM (#25921199)
Cuz Firefox was in such a strong position before Google came around, right.

Mozilla has never been a competitive company. They've always leaned heavily on the illusion of being a non-profit. They've always sold the "eat your vegetables" version of web browsing, without actually offering anything compelling over the competition. We're just expected to use Firefox because "it's made by not-Google".

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Re:Firefox 85 by damnyou on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @05:10PM (#25921635)
Firefox was in fact in a stronger position before Google turned Chrome into shovelware, yes.
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Re:Firefox 85 by daniel957 on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @05:59PM (#25922038)
I came from another post to see your commenting style. You use “in fact” a lot without supporting your statement lmao.

You were clearly the issue in the other thread.

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