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by coldtea 3536 days ago
What market? Branding enthusiasts?
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People who care about ethics in software?

edit: Though I agree with the vague collective sentiment that they're slipping. Still, I would never feed Google.

People buy brands every day. Ford, Apple, Burberry, etc. Do you understand how marketing works?
>Do you understand how marketing works?

Yes, in the exact inverse way I'd want a non-profit like Mozilla to work.

By the way, do you understand how marketing works? Mozilla is not a lifestyle or luxury brand, and nobody cares about those things in browsers.

Firefox got a huge market share back in early 2000-2010 because it had a good product -- not because of branding. Heck, it wasn't even an official Mozilla branded effort at the start, just a project by some community members.

No one said they were a lifestyle brand. I simply through out a couple of examples. The point is marketing does work.

http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/2015/01/18-different-...