[II2II]

> If Mozilla would have solely focused on Firefox and Thunderbird we could be in a better place right now.

I have no idea what the motivations of Mozilla are, but it is important to remember that many players in the industry faded away simply because the industry changes fast and those players failed to anticipate those changes. It is entirely possible that Mozilla was trying to anticipate those changes and ended up making a string of very bad bets.

[mystified5016]

Instead they're losing all the advantage they once had by failing to focus on their core.

Being one half of a duopoly is a pretty stable position. Just about the only way to lose it is to fuck around and quit playing the game. There's really no external force that could have destroyed Mozilla if they had just stayed focused.

Mozilla needed to be a browser company, trying to be an "everything" company was a really stupid move.

[wtallis]

The "industry change" that would make Firefox fade away would be the death of web browsers in general, replaced by site-specific apps that leave users with no freedom to control how they interact with a site aside from a complete boycott of the site and its app. Resisting that industry change is exactly what Mozilla should have been prioritizing. Nobody wants Mozilla to support or follow that trend.

[mmooss]

What bad bets? Rust?