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Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

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[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is preparation for that in case google loses its appeal and is forbidden to pay Firefox to be the default.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Am I wrong for hoping that happens?

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Idk, on one hand I get what you mean. On the other hand, Firefox going away or being monetized in more aggressive ways will not be a good thing.

Honestly, I think I would prefer the lawsuit never happened and Google kept paying Firefox. Now, if Google loses, Firefox will likely head for enshitification. And if google wins, it sets terrible precedent :(

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

As long as we're making wish lists, I wish Mozilla beat Proton to the punch in making profitable, privacy-focused products. I'm willing to pay for privacy-friendly services (and I do pay for email), and that could go toward funding browser development.

But no, they'll flirt with it with whitelabel VPN and whatnot, but they won't commit.

[–] helpmyusernamewontfi 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Now, if Google loses, Firefox will likely head of enshitification.

The whole thing is FOSS. if the company goes over the community can still maintain it if they wish to

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, keeping up with new web standards, security, etc. is a full time job. It's not something volunteers can keep up with. At that point, it may be better to just give up and build on top of Chromium.

In addition, without enough market share, websites will not test, let alone optimize for your browser. This is already causing issues for Firefox. Smaller browser engines stand no chance.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And if Firefox changes to a chromium browser, I'm out. I'm here to support independent browser engines, beyond that, I don't care much about Mozilla.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Good luck. If Firefox changes to Blink, that’s it. Gecko won’t last long without the Mozilla Foundation footing the development bill. You get WebKit and Blink, nothing else.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Yup. I'd probably end up with Brave because they have a functional ad blocker.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 4 points 5 days ago

They can. But maintaining a modern browser engine is a MAJOR piece of work especially when there’s already another open source browser (Chromium) that is sucking in maintainers.

Firefox is dying. I’ve been a loyal user since Phoenix days but there is just no road forward. Many websites now don’t test for it. It’s in a slow death spiral. Such a shame.