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How Mozilla lost the Internet (& what's next) (youtube.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by dantheclamman to c/[email protected]

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Pretty interesting analysis from TechAltar about Mozilla usage and revenue trends, which aren't as dire as they're often made out to be, but how the search placement deal with Google is indeed endangered, which may be pushing them to their recent embrace of adtech as a new revenue source

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

Mozilla lost the Internet because mobile became the most common way to go online, and Mozilla (at least on Android) had been an absolute dumpster fire for years. I tried it a few times, but it would just randomly freeze for a few seconds for no reason. But I could switch to another browser and keep going at the same moment when Firefox froze so it wasn't a phone issue.

[–] ByteMe 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah and the UI is pretty bad and lacks some features. There is not even a tablet layout yet (in the works)

[–] dantheclamman 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Tablet UI is available in Nightly. It's actually pretty good!

[–] ByteMe 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know but it took them way too long

[–] dantheclamman 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it's indefensible and bizarre. I was the one who first put forward the idea on their Connect forum. I don't understand their thinking on a lot of development priorities, and they don't seem to care too much about helping us understand.

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