Post #2214996
2025-12-20 14:20 UTC
Firefox is close to crashing and burning, but it'll take long enough that there is hope Servo or Ladybird will be more viable replacements by then. (even though ladybird leadership aren't exactly trustworthy, it's still an open project with good tech).
Also, if you ask me, "Firefox spends X million dollars" isn't necessarily a fair measure of how much it costs to maintain a secure browser, we know that Mozilla is managed inefficiently and an alternative might not be so impossibly costly.
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@alextecplayz@techhub.social 2025-12-20 14:37
@ct Yeah, Firefox has some holes in the hull and is taking on water, but it's not yet starting to sink, it can be fixed with some care and initiative. As for the spending, maybe it's not a fair measure, but browsers are still costly, a couple tens of thousands of dollars probably doesn't cover paying everyone in a 100-person dev team. We'll see how it goes, but I wouldn't be surprised if Servo's budget starts to balloon as they hire more engineers.