Comment by KingMob
1 year ago
> 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.
1 year ago
> 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.
Why do you think unpaid volunteers are the only possibility. There are plenty of organizations that have a vested interest in an open internet and new ones can be formed by interested individuals. That Mozilla is unwilling to try other funding methods besides getting paid by what should be their main adversary doesn't mean that no one else can.
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