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Re:Firefox OS's story from a Mozilla insider not working on ... by dblohm7 on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @12:57PM (#44249517)
> I have no insider knowledge but from my perspective the reason Firefox OS failed is the same reason WebOS failed and the same reason Windows Phone failed: apps.

I was at Mozilla during this time, and I remember a huge blocker was WhatsApp. They were not interested in porting, but at the time it was essentially the killer app in the same emerging markets that Firefox OS was targeting.

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Re:Firefox OS's story from a Mozilla insider not working on ... by akdev1l on Thursday June 12, 2025 @09:24AM (#44257519)
Ironically, WhatsApp created their web client years later

If the web client would have existed back then it might have helped

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