Comment on Mozilla CEO quits, org pivots, but what about Firefox?
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 9 months agoI feel like you missed the point.
Webengines are not more complex than a full OS, and yet, Linux works as a community driven project and Chromium does not.
The difference is that Linus is the one with final say in Linux, and he never sold out to a company. Chromium is Google.
It will never be a “community” project, because Google pumps so many resources into it. The goal is obvious: to make sure that it’s always ahead of any competitors, and anyone willing to catch up would have to match Google spending.
The brilliant move here by Google was making it open source. This ensures that no other megacorp needs to fight them, as long as their interests are aligned.
Edge has died already. Safari will follow. The future is grim.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Nah, you’re missing the point.
Again, maintaining a web engine takes hundreds of millions. It’s no small task.
We cannot simply take over from Mozilla if something happens. It needs corporate or governmental backing.