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.