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Mozilla in the Browser Wars: A Diminishing Force

Firefox now exists primarily as Google’s antitrust shield. ‘Web standards’ in 2023 means whatever Chrome ships. When alternative browser engines arrive on iOS, the small remaining argument for Firefox as a hedge against monoculture goes with it.

Mozilla’s leadership has not behaved like an organisation that takes the threat seriously. Mitchell Baker’s compensation went from $3M in 2020 to $5M in 2021 over the same period that Firefox shed market share and Mozilla laid off 250 people. You cannot pay yourself like a Big Tech CEO while running a charity with a single failing product and expect anyone to believe you are the underdog defending the open web.

Firefox is the browser I want to win. The current version of Mozilla is not the organisation that will make it happen.

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