• helpmyusernamewontfi
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    9 hours ago

    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
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      7 hours ago

      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
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        3 hours ago

        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.

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          2 hours ago

          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.

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      9 hours 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.