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How Mozilla lost the Internet (& what's next) (youtube.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Pretty interesting analysis from TechAltar about Mozilla usage and revenue trends, which aren't as dire as they're often made out to be, but how the search placement deal with Google is indeed endangered, which may be pushing them to their recent embrace of adtech as a new revenue source

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[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 20 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Mozilla lost the Internet because mobile became the most common way to go online, and Mozilla (at least on Android) had been an absolute dumpster fire for years. I tried it a few times, but it would just randomly freeze for a few seconds for no reason. But I could switch to another browser and keep going at the same moment when Firefox froze so it wasn't a phone issue.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago

This is weird to hear... I've never had these issues on my android phones.

[–] Godwins_Law@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

Huh, I've not noticed this and love Firefox on mobile.

[–] simon 8 points 2 weeks ago

Firefox for Android has always worked great for me. I prefer it because I can install the same privacy plugins as for desktop. And they also have Firefox Focus is also great.

[–] ByteMe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah and the UI is pretty bad and lacks some features. There is not even a tablet layout yet (in the works)

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Tablet UI is available in Nightly. It's actually pretty good!

[–] ByteMe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know but it took them way too long

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, it's indefensible and bizarre. I was the one who first put forward the idea on their Connect forum. I don't understand their thinking on a lot of development priorities, and they don't seem to care too much about helping us understand.

[–] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

One of the few supporrting extensions on mobile and also you can move the toolbar to bottom to reach it with your thumb like a normal human and do not have to lift your hand to reach it like in Chrome mobile?

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Are you on a lower specced device? I notice it can have high resource usage at times

[–] xcjs@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've had this issue on several Pixel devices - I most recently had this exact issue on my Pixel 6 Pro, but I think recent-ish Firefox updates resolved some of the issues.

In my case, Firefox would lockup, but I could easily switch to another app without an issue. I would have to kill the Firefox app to get it responsive again.

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Been a few years since I bothered. But, no never was. It was used on a Nexus S, Nexus 5, Nexus 10, and a Samsung Tab S3. All when they were new devices.

The Tab S3 was the last attempt years ago, but after so many attempts and fails, I just moved on.

And if it had been a low spec device issue, the system would freeze, not the app only.

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Firefox-based browsers on Android lack Site Isolation. Who protects you against a malicious site performing a Spectre-like attack to gain access to the memory of another website you have open. That's the biggest reason I don't use Firefox mobile.