[nanairo]

I think there's a certain irony in this. Isn't FOSS a big proponent of these sort of dependencies? I mean, whenever you discuss Windows or MacOS way of installing software, you'll hear how Linux does it better because each component is separate and therefore they can fix something upstream and your software will automatically use it.

But suddenly now people complain because a piece of software doesn't have control of their pieces...

How are these two views consistent?

(incidentally: I like the Linux's way, and try to replicate it as possible with Macport).

[adbge]

I think this has more to do with GNU/Unix design philosophy rather than being an explicit part of FLOSS ideology.

Also, you need to remember that GNU/Linux projects do have a certain amount of control over upstream, seeing as the source is publicly available and can be forked/modified. On the other hand, if Firefox relied on proprietary software, they would be completely at the mercy of decisions made upstream.