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Re:Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years by paulryanrogers on Saturday September 11, 2021 @06:29PM (#28496681)
> The technical foundation has gotten better, but it’s like Mozilla execs are completely out of sync with the market share they could have.

Execs may have less to do with the decline than a changing market. Google poured resources and new ideas into a mostly greenfield effort, and leveraged its market position to push its browser. Edge and Safari also benefit from their makers' platforms and marketing.

It's a hostile world for an independent browser. And IMO Firefox is still the least worst option.

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Re:Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years by CRConrad on Monday September 13, 2021 @01:57AM (#28508242)
> It's a hostile world for an independent browser.

Sure, bit it would have been a little less hostile if they hadn't brought quite a lot of that on themselves with their long history of hostile-to-tech-savvy-users decisions.

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