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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by account42 on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @08:43AM (#30346270)
> Okay, pull requests alone are not enough, but the objections y'all are raising seem like they could all be answered by forking, no? If Google upsets their users then a different browser has a chance to gain users:

Forking is an uphill battle starting at 0% market share, which is less than Firefox has now.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by carapace on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @10:04AM (#30347352)
If your fork is stuggling to gain users then it's not really worth forking, I agree. You wouldn't fork for forking's sake. Whatever compelling features are going to win users away from Google Chrome could appear in Firefox or in a hypothetical Mozzila Chromium, but with the latter you're getting effectively free work from Google. And a Mozzila Chromium fork would start off a little better than 0% market share just on hype, I think, eh?
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