Mozilla as an organisation is rotten and genuinely needs to die, so that Firefox can live. The only thing from Mozilla that people care about is Firefox, but Mozilla doesn’t care about Firefox to a quite stunning degree. As an example: four or five years ago they announced laying off a quarter of their 1,000 employees, and declared what they were going to be focusing on: none of it was related to Firefox in any way (and most of it they’ve since shut down). And it should go without saying that you don’t need 750 employees to make a browser, and probably can’t effectively use even a hundred.
replyyou don’t need 750 employees to make a browser, and probably can’t effectively use even a hundred
replyBrowser engines are incredibly complicated, yet at the same time are very performance and security sensitive while needing insane backwards compatibility and full multi-platform support. That unfortunately requires large teams, which is why there's only Gecko and WebKit/Blink left.
"Making a browser" you can do with a team of 1 person. Just search & replace the branding in the Chromium source.
Just wait until you find out about the organizations that make other browsers
replyI guess it's the age old "people want everything for nothing" anti-capitalism trope that never actually works out in their favor.
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