by schalkneethling on 2/19/25, 7:16 PM with 72 comments
by someotherperson on 2/19/25, 7:43 PM
Not focusing on Firefox is what brought it to its state today, so what should Mozilla do? Focus even less on Firefox and instead on ads, AI and begging. Insane.
EDIT: As an aside, it looks like Mozilla's VC fund invested in the funding round[0] of one of the former board members[1] of mozilla.ai which is kinda weird.
[0] https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/credo-ai-series-b--...
[1] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/introducing-mozilla-ai-i...
by perihelions on 2/19/25, 8:43 PM
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42054867 ("Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division (techcrunch.com)")
by hellcow on 2/19/25, 7:49 PM
I don’t know how you can be this out of touch with your users.
by RobotToaster on 2/19/25, 7:48 PM
by guardiangod on 2/19/25, 7:49 PM
Then the people who wants to work on/support Firefox can solely work on Firefox, and other people who wants to pursue whatever tech-of-the-day is (eg. crypto, VPN, AI) can push whatever agenda they want in their own org.
Instead of the current state where the other-agendas people are riding on Firefox's brand name recognition while starving Firefox into oblivion.
by TheChaplain on 2/19/25, 7:50 PM
Guess it is just a matter of time until Firefox is behind a walls too?
by anotherhue on 2/20/25, 4:12 PM
by devwastaken on 2/19/25, 7:54 PM
Mozilla has constantly ignored the market and their users. Time for other orgs to take it up and time for Mozilla to not renew.
by spankalee on 2/19/25, 8:01 PM
ie, instead of Thunderbird (which I know isn't developed by Mozilla anymore), create a hosted email platform with a PWA that can run and store data locally.
These types of products would have a virtuous relationship with Firefox.
by zaruvi on 2/19/25, 9:35 PM
by jaredcwhite on 2/19/25, 9:16 PM
Um excuse me? Mozilla has been asleep at the wheel for years, letting Firefox languish while Mozilla plays squirrel with a dozen other things nobody knows or cares about. In fact, I guarantee you that outside of nerd culture, nobody has any idea what Mozilla is. But maybe they have heard of Firefox.
You should be shouting *Firefox Firefox Firefox!* from the rooftops with a massive new ad campaign aimed at growing marketshare rapidly. Then find creative ways to respectfully monetize your enthusiastic fanbase.
This seems like Software Business 101 to me, which is why I am continually mystified you seem unable to grasp these basics.
by tempfile on 2/19/25, 7:51 PM
by 28304283409234 on 2/19/25, 8:46 PM
by pjmlp on 2/20/25, 2:19 PM
by drpossum on 2/19/25, 8:14 PM