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I guess that's what happens when the last competitor in a space is being funded by the monopolistic option and you threaten to cut that off.
Two things I think are interesting here:
This is in line with every other minority browser out there. It's not working for them, either.
There is a remarkable lack of projects to create alternatives getting traction. Nobody is even repackaging Gecko into a different browser. I don't have the knowledge to tell if making and maintaining a browser is just that expenive and hard, but it sure seems like a reasonable explanation.
https://zen-browser.app/
There is this one, it has a lot of momentum and it's been pleasant to use so far. Firefox + fancy features
Means that it completely relies on Mozilla's development work for the actual engine.
Yup,
The non chromium / non Firefox browser that comes to mind is https://ladybird.org/
But that's still a few years away
Any idea what the story is behind that name? I feel like it will be off putting to some people.
Why would ladybird be off putting?
Hank Hill's dog's name from
Still not off-putting tho. laaady bird
they hate LBJ?
I am not agreeing with it, but just trying to get people to use anything other than the status quo when it comes to software/apps... If it has an odd name, they are less likely to use it.
Firefox was similar back in the mid 2000s.