Comment They are the "People first" browser... (Score 1) 247
...as per their Twitter profile.
Not the "Software first" browser or the "User first" browser.
Heck not even the "Software freedom first" browser.
I have supported, evangelized and cheered FF since they started out before being called that. (Firebird/Phoneix)
As a Linux and BSD user, FF became the default browser and I was OK with any technological shortcomings, sticking to it through thick and thin even during the hegemony of IE and pervasive Flash content in the web.
I was happy to have a lightweight and excellent web browser that was free software. I was happy to see it progress and improve.
But at some point something changed.
They stopped caring about their software, and caring more about politics, but not even software freedom politics (that I think would have been just fine)
They stopped caring about the quality of their product, or the experience of the user.
My particular gripe, but just like that there are many others: They dropped ALSA support one day. "sorry, from now on we are dropping ALSA output support".
Filed a bug?
"Sorry, WONTFIX, don't care, use Pulse, do you use a different config? not our problem"
At some point browser updates are not an open option anymore, "user is an idiot and will get forced to update, convenient or not we don't care, if Microsoft can pull this off, why don't we?"
Now we get regular browser updates every 2 weeks or less, and what is there to show for it?
A bloated POS that takes a lifetime to start up, takes as much memory as it can hog, and gets randomly stuck from time to time opening some tabs, and keeps the freaking telemetry binary running like there is no tomorrow.
Small wonder they are loosing market share even with a free product.
If they only care for the diversity of their employees and users and what are their sleeping arrangements, but not about the product, what the hell did they expect?
