Comment by em-bee
1 year ago
i don't think that matters. we are looking for firefox based alternatives to get away from stupid policy changes, not to find a browser that has a better chance of survival.
any alternatives will be good as long as firefox is alive. if firefox itself dies, then that's an entirely different matter.
> if firefox itself dies
Switching to forks makes it a matter of when, not if.
All the forks are dependent on FF's current funding for their own long-term viability.
All the forks are currently dependent on Mozilla. That doesn't mean no one else will step up when their drawn out suicide concludes. Mozilla goign under is not an existential threat for Firefox - quite the contrary, it is likely the only thing that can save it.
i admire your optimism. i wish i could share it. i do not believe that firefox can be be saved by a group of unpaid volunteers. it is to big and to complex for that. volunteers can keep it on lifesupport, but in order to save it it will take some substantial funding.
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