Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive

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• BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We would be really struggling to stay alive pay ourselves millions in salaries.

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  • reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Meaning they’d rather declare bankruptcy or anything other than lower those wages and do something that benefits the world by properly focusing on making a good product for the first time in years.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How about some AI instead?

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• ReverendCrush@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Aren’t they owned by an ad agency? Let 'em die like Netscape did beforehand. It’s not like there isn’t fourteen decent forks of Firefox to choose from.

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The code is owned by a nonprofit foundation, but a lot of the assets and other compnies like an ad agency is owned by their for profit wing.

    Most of those forks rely on Firefox upstream updates. Apart from some of their specific features and disambling of existing ones, they don’t develop the actual Gecko engine. We would really need someone with resources to take over the development.

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  • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    14? I wish. From where I’m standing it’s closer to one. (Librewolf)

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    • ReverendCrush@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Off the top of my head, there’s also Waterfox (supposedly also tied to an ad agency) and Floorp, which is what I’ve been using the past couple of months. There’s other options besides Librewolf.

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