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Guru3D.com » News » Mozilla not happy about Microsoft moving to Chromium project

Mozilla not happy about Microsoft moving to Chromium project

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/10/2018 09:52 AM | source: myce | 41 comment(s)
Mozilla not happy about Microsoft moving to Chromium project

Mozilla not happy about Microsoft moving to Chromium project, the devs of the Mozilla project can smell the competition and claim by adopting Chromium, “Microsoft hands over control of even more of online life to Google”.

Last week the news surfaced that Microsoft will be replacing the Edge browser based on Edgehtml with an engine based on the Chromium engine, reports myce. 

Mozilla in their argument thinks the swap to Chromium would bring Google even more control over the web and potentially make it harder for Firefox. Mozilla’s CEO, Chris Beard writes, “will Microsoft’s decision make it harder for Firefox to prosper? It could. Making Google more powerful is risky on many fronts.”

Beard fears that Google will soon have a monopoly on the internet. He writes about that, “If one product like Chromium has enough market share, then it becomes easier for web developers and businesses to decide not to worry if their services and sites work with anything other than Chromium. That’s what happened when Microsoft had a monopoly on browsers in the early 2000s before Firefox was released. And it could happen again.”

Beard also writes he understands that from Microsoft’s business point of view it’s no longer profitable to fight Google, but stresses how important it is that not a single company has control over the internet. He writes, “from a social, civic and individual empowerment perspective ceding control of fundamental online infrastructure to a single company is terrible. This is why Mozilla exists. We compete with Google not because it’s a good business opportunity. We compete with Google because the health of the internet and online life depend on competition and choice.”

Therefore, Beard calls for users that care about the web to try Firefox again for at least a week. Especially users who haven’t used the browser the last two years should notice it’s “radically better”. He concludes his call for a more diverse web with, “your use helps web developers and businesses think beyond Chrome. And this helps Firefox and Mozilla make overall life on the internet better — more choice, more security options, more competition.”







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DLD
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#5615848 Posted on: 12/10/2018 06:41 PM
Boohoo, boohuh, but Opera died long time ago. I remember how it USED to be a good, fast and non-intrusive browser... Up to, like, version 5.0 (10 years ago, or so). Lately, it has become a terrible piece of bloatware.

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#5615862 Posted on: 12/10/2018 07:22 PM
I prefer Firefox and use it daily as my main web browser, but I think they're just salty because Microsoft chose Chromium.

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#5615900 Posted on: 12/10/2018 08:57 PM
well in current internet world, people just pick what "easiest+smoothest" for them
just realize why u pick ur current browser? simply because it work-best for u right ?

if firefox create better browser for most people, they will jump in...

but rivaling google isnt easy ... android with default chrome browser is like windows - IE
that alone enough to survive quite time like IE

but then with chrome, google succesful creating something that most people dont hate ... not like IE
like easy sync between smartphone to pc is really convinient ... although firefox have such addons
but before using firefox, they already got and use chrome, and as for most people, they wont see any difference between 2 browser... they will use what they got in first place

i myself been switch various browser, firefox-chrome and other custom-build-browser
still main on firefox for several reasons... in past firefox addons really much better than chrome, but now both got same addons, like playstore & apps-store

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#5615907 Posted on: 12/10/2018 09:11 PM
well in current internet world, people just pick what "easiest+smoothest" for them
just realize why u pick ur current browser? simply because it work-best for u right ?

if firefox create better browser for most people, they will jump in...
People pick the path of least resistance. That doesn't mean they pick the easiest, smoothest, or best choice. Internet Explorer is a solid example of this - it survived far longer than it should have, simply because it came with Windows and had a very generic name that was easy to understand.
Firefox isn't behind Chrome because it's inferior, it's because Chrome has a multi-billion dollar corporation behind it, and itss engine appeals to others like Apple and MS. Chrome is also pre-packaged with a bunch of other programs, and is sometimes advertised when browsing Google. All of this led up to its success.
Considering how tiny Mozilla is and the lack of resources to really get Firefox out there, it's actually pretty amazing Firefox can even compete at all.

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#5615920 Posted on: 12/10/2018 09:45 PM
Surely the only people who will start using Edge chromium edition are already Edge users?

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