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My Thoughts on the Firefox situation (babka.social)
submitted 2 weeks ago by serge@babka.social to c/firefox@fedia.io
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My Thoughts on the Firefox situation

  • I've used Firefox since it was Mosaic, and when it was called Netscape Navigator.

  • I agree that the removal of the promise not to sell your data is bad, and the new EULA is bad.

  • I worry about the long term product development of Firefox

  • I question the role of the fork in development, meaning I don't know how much they can do on their own without Firefox proper.

  • Firefox sync is an important feature to me. I'm open to self-hosting but not losing it.

  • I'm open to new browsers for the future, but this is a huge effort.

  • Brave is NOT the solution. No way, no how.

  • We need an alternative to Webkit based browsers.

  • Firefox will have lessons for us about FLOSS sustainability. We don't know what those lessons are yet.

#Mozilla #Firefox

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[–] serge@babka.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

@calispera

I won't speak for @terryb but there's are two polarities. On one hand you have a singular vision, and on the other, a group.

There's an expression in English "A camel is a horse designed by committee".

There's an idea that a thing made purely by focus groups will have no identity and no spirit.

Of course sometimes hearing the views of others will help inform and make a better work, but if it's not done thoughtfully then you get "mush".

Imagine if Leonardo da Vinci had a focus group. We'd have paintings of cats. :)

[–] terryb@babka.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

@serge@babka.social @calispera@babka.social And also, a focus group- unlike a committee - doesn't even get to direct the discussion or make a final decision. Someone (or another group) listens and then decides what they really meant was......

[–] soaproot@sfba.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

@serge@babka.social @calispera@babka.social @terryb@babka.social I mean that's a good description of the pros and cons of singular (individual) vision versus groups. But I'm not sure you are going to get a lot of traction on this network running against the cat paintings. (Speaking of which, I wonder if @dailymedievalcats@troet.cafe is planning on cycling through their collection again. As I understand it, they've posted each of the paintings in their database once).