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[–] shrugal@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been removing Google services from my life bit by bit over the past year, and I have to say it is crazy how hard it actually is! They have inserted themselves into so many digital workflows, securing monopoly positions and preventing the rise of competitors and open ecosystems. In many areas the only alternatives are other tech giants, or accepting feature downgrades and having to set things up manually.

I'm really glad that the browser is one area where the transition is actually very simple and straightforward!

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If Firefox goes away, I'll use Epiphany or Konquerer before I subject myself to anything that makes me view ads.

[–] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

FF has way too much groundwork laid and way too much mindshare currently (especially given the rust language and all..) If, for some reason, thousands of devs just gave up on mozilla, more would continue the path and fork it most likely.

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mozilla is the result of people giving up on Netscape. It will live!

[–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's the result of Netscape losing to anti-trust behaviour by Microsoft and open sourcing their code as a final parting gift.

Netscape was struck down Firefox rose.