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How Mozilla lost the Internet (& what's next) (youtube.com)

submitted 1 week ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Pretty interesting analysis from TechAltar about Mozilla usage and revenue trends, which aren't as dire as they're often made out to be, but how the search placement deal with Google is indeed endangered, which may be pushing them to their recent embrace of adtech as a new revenue source

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 week ago (7 children)

... or, hear me out, that one is crazy ... or ... they could focus on the browser alone and make a good product, instead of running a giant for-profit corporation sinking money into AI bullshit and other non-browser crap projects no-one really wants or needs.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

???
~~Profit~~ break-even, somehow?

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just make a self-sustaining good product.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, that's the secret? Why didn't anyone tell me this before?! All this slaving away at my day job, when I could just have built a self-sustaining good product - it's that easy!

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You’re not getting it, but that’s okay.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

I think I'm getting it, I'm just trying to say that I think you're underestimating how hard it is to fund web browser development.

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