I’m not sure accessibility of source code is the biggest problem. You can get the code very easily. Also github is another kind of Microsoft lock-in, ironically.
I don't necessarily disagree with your Microsoft comment. I'm merely trying to say that I think Firefox needs more than features to reclaim some of its popularity.
Where we're at, is that most people are happy running a Chromium variant. It's open source and there are enough downstream consumers that you can pick your poison.
If Mozilla is going to push the "private browser, for you" angle, they are going to need to push harder on the "for you" angle.
I'm still a loyal Firefox user. It seems to me that its users would rather have more say in its direction - give the people what they want.
If you don't disagree with the monopoly statement, then start altering your speech to reflect it. You can use the phrase “(public) Git forge” and avoid using the trademark generically and encompass all alternative forges.
In this case, I think that the leading Git provider is where it should be hosted, due to community size. And that's GitHub for now. That can absolutely change in the future.
Git was created to be distributed. Endorsing an account-required, closed-source platform is not the best play for Git as platform (nothing wrong with it having accounts, and the account providing an improved experience). IMO, it is important regardless of what platform's in vogue to use a more generic term here.
Where we're at, is that most people are happy running a Chromium variant. It's open source and there are enough downstream consumers that you can pick your poison.
If Mozilla is going to push the "private browser, for you" angle, they are going to need to push harder on the "for you" angle.
I'm still a loyal Firefox user. It seems to me that its users would rather have more say in its direction - give the people what they want.