How Mozilla Ruined Firefox
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Firefox used to be on top of the world with almost a third of all internet users using Firefox. These days, they make up a pitiful 2.7% of the market share. ...

Actually pretty good video.

  • Search engine
  • Google location service instead of their own (which they quit)
  • FakeSpot & Pocket collecting crazy personalized data

Also info about difference between Mozilla Corporation and MZLA Nonprofit.

If you donate to Mozilla, nothing goes to Firefox. Instead they host petitions and beg big tech companies to be more transparent.

They dont focus on old users at all, and it seems they are unable to implement basic stuff.

I still recommend using Firefox, but with the Arkenfox userJS.

Or just use Librewolf.

Firefox is not usable. And dont donate to Mozilla I guess.

    • kbal@fedia.io
      12·
      8 months ago

      I dunno, it might’ve been on mastodon. It’s not as if I said anything that’s likely to change your mind if you think this video is interesting and insightful. I’m not going to watch it again, but I remember it well enough to say that the only real questions it raises are that of how it got so many views and why it is still doing the rounds so many months later. It misses the mark. Stop to consider it carefully and I’ve no doubt you’ll find for yourself much better things to say about the real problems at Mozilla.

        • kbal@fedia.io
          22·
          8 months ago

          Indeed my comment seems unworthy of as much attention as you’ve given it. But you obviously care a great deal about the subject, so I suppose you must’ve noticed that in general much of the rhetorical abuse directed at Mozilla is even more unfair. I suppose it’s because people like to look for easy targets.

            • kbal@fedia.io
              2·
              8 months ago

              Ah I see, you mistook me for one of those “Mozilla can do no wrong” people. Yeah they’re pretty annoying too.

              • kbal@fedia.io
                3·
                8 months ago

                My own explanation for why Firefox market share is down would primarily consist of two things: 1. Abuse by Google and Microsoft of their monopoly power in other markets to push their browsers, and 2. A long list of individually small product design decisions that slowly eroded its reputation over the years.