• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    At this point we need a serious effort to fork Firefox and maintain it as a sustainable open source project. I know there are a few forks floating around, but they’re small projects with only a handful of contributors. These kinds of efforts will never be a serious alternative.

    A web browser is one of the most important piece of software nowadays, and currently neither Chromium nor Firefox are true community efforts. We need something on the level of the Linux Kernel Foundation in my opinion.

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      3 years ago

      If you want something like the linux kernel, then those forks also have to be profitable enough to support firefox.

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        3 years ago

        Or to get enough community funding as non-profit. The whole problem with Mozilla is precisely that it depends on profit and it’s driven by accountants.

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      3 years ago

      If the Freedom Convoy truckers could raise $10 million to keep their rights, seems like a browser could. The things a browser and search engine know about you is …well, almost everything. I think many of us would lay down and die if all of our history was made public. I would. Some people would be willing to pay large sums in blackmail money to keep it private.

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        3 years ago

        Thats because todays browsers are way too bloated. A fork that trims unnecessary features could be very effective.

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          3 years ago

          There are browsers that try that only to have broken websites left and right. cough*(GNOME Web)