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Which I think is one of the big issues with OSS projects - many are based around a very small number of people being motivated to work on something for free. And it dies if that stops.

Exactly.

But I’m still confused about what you mean by the “resources” comment re: Librewolf.

“Resources” can refer to many different things, in this case it is motivation/prioritization.

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Lumiluz@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s still being kept up to date, just not getting new features, and the security issues have been patched up as they come along. It’s not a dead project yet. Maintaining Librewolf isn’t impossible since Firefox is doing the heavy lifting.

The main issue is mostly that it relies on Firefox.

Honestly, I don’t mind the paid browser route. Browsers, and a lot of software, used to be paid, and it feels like things were less shit when some of it was.

I think ideally we’d see 2 versions of software like some used to be in the 90s - a free, stripped down version that only does basic functions (think Microsoft WordPad Vs Microsoft Word) and a pair full version. This model can still allow FOSS to exist as well, like perhaps having LibreOffice as is, and then having an enterprise version that has additional networking features and support that’s paid for businesses, with all money from that going into the maintenance of LibreOffice.

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swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That thread is several months old, and is specifically about integrating Arkenfox settings changes. I wouldn’t say Librewolf has ceased development based on the fact that their default settings differ from Arkenfox. Their Codeberg site shows ongoing work.

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- Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  That thread is several months old
  
  And? You have new evidence that things have improved?
  
  and is specifically about integrating Arkenfox settings changes
  
  Why does that matter?
  
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  - swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Collaborating with Arkenfox on default settings was nice, but wasn’t fundamental to the goals of the project. You can look at their Codeberg to see that the latest activity was a few days ago, and there have been several releases since the date of the thread you linked.
    
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  - tacofox@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Found Brendan Eich’s alt account
    
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    Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ah sick burn bro 🤘
    
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nuko147@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Oh SHIT. I had a feeling since months, as an end-user, that something wasn’t going well. But damn, i did not know that was that bad.

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ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Thanks.

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