Popcorn time (Score: 1) by genx@pipedot.org on 2014-08-28 21:06 (#2RD9) Dammit, I do not have any popcorn left! Re: Popcorn time (Score: 2, Insightful) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-08-28 21:22 (#2RDF) I'm not sure there's going to be much to watch while you munch on your popcorn. Firfox users are getting sick of all the bullshit and will start deserting the platform. Then they'll limp along a bit until Google decides to stop paying them the few million a year they pay to make Google the default browser.Then Firefox will use DuckDuckGo as the default browser and try to make that choice into some sort of "power to the people' decision when the reality is that they got screwed.Then when they can't hire developers, the platform will stagnate, fall behind on security features, and rot away. Nice work, Mozilla, you bunch of asshats. Re: Popcorn time (Score: 1) by stove@pipedot.org on 2014-08-30 11:03 (#2RWM) Last time the deal was negotiated (or details were made public), Google was ramping up their payments to firefox to remain the default browser due to increased competition from Yahoo and Microsoft.Let's say firefox dropped to under 10% market share as a result of this, a substantial drop: Do you think that microsoft or yahoo wouldn't pay a lot of money to be the default search? And do you think google would happily hand over even a small percentage of their search revenue to their competitors? That's the lifeblood of the company, and they take it very seriously.I wouldn't be surprised if mozilla's revenue dropped next time they renegotiate contracts, but that's okay. They're pulling in over $300m/year revenue and using that to cover a wide range of non-core and unprofitable projects. If worst came to worst, they could spin off all their other efforts and survive on a small fraction of that.(disclaimer: I don't agree with a lot of their decisions, but I think they'll be fine financially for a long time yet)
Re: Popcorn time (Score: 2, Insightful) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-08-28 21:22 (#2RDF) I'm not sure there's going to be much to watch while you munch on your popcorn. Firfox users are getting sick of all the bullshit and will start deserting the platform. Then they'll limp along a bit until Google decides to stop paying them the few million a year they pay to make Google the default browser.Then Firefox will use DuckDuckGo as the default browser and try to make that choice into some sort of "power to the people' decision when the reality is that they got screwed.Then when they can't hire developers, the platform will stagnate, fall behind on security features, and rot away. Nice work, Mozilla, you bunch of asshats. Re: Popcorn time (Score: 1) by stove@pipedot.org on 2014-08-30 11:03 (#2RWM) Last time the deal was negotiated (or details were made public), Google was ramping up their payments to firefox to remain the default browser due to increased competition from Yahoo and Microsoft.Let's say firefox dropped to under 10% market share as a result of this, a substantial drop: Do you think that microsoft or yahoo wouldn't pay a lot of money to be the default search? And do you think google would happily hand over even a small percentage of their search revenue to their competitors? That's the lifeblood of the company, and they take it very seriously.I wouldn't be surprised if mozilla's revenue dropped next time they renegotiate contracts, but that's okay. They're pulling in over $300m/year revenue and using that to cover a wide range of non-core and unprofitable projects. If worst came to worst, they could spin off all their other efforts and survive on a small fraction of that.(disclaimer: I don't agree with a lot of their decisions, but I think they'll be fine financially for a long time yet)
Re: Popcorn time (Score: 1) by stove@pipedot.org on 2014-08-30 11:03 (#2RWM) Last time the deal was negotiated (or details were made public), Google was ramping up their payments to firefox to remain the default browser due to increased competition from Yahoo and Microsoft.Let's say firefox dropped to under 10% market share as a result of this, a substantial drop: Do you think that microsoft or yahoo wouldn't pay a lot of money to be the default search? And do you think google would happily hand over even a small percentage of their search revenue to their competitors? That's the lifeblood of the company, and they take it very seriously.I wouldn't be surprised if mozilla's revenue dropped next time they renegotiate contracts, but that's okay. They're pulling in over $300m/year revenue and using that to cover a wide range of non-core and unprofitable projects. If worst came to worst, they could spin off all their other efforts and survive on a small fraction of that.(disclaimer: I don't agree with a lot of their decisions, but I think they'll be fine financially for a long time yet)