One way Mozilla could still differentiate is by doing privacy&security all-out.
It currently seems that Firefox is only a little more privacy-respecting than the browser of one of the most invasive surveillance dotcoms.
It's been that way for years, and every year is lost ground.
I suspect that Mozilla's need for funding, and the sources of funding for so long, are what have them looking so similar to a dotcom.
When users won't pay money, Mozilla has seemed to focus on ways to sell its users to big companies.
Maybe there's a viable combination of expense reductions, refined focus, and switching to solely charitable (hands-off) donations? (Maybe we'd see little sponsor logos for most of the FAANGs, for various motivations. And for some other Fortune 500s, for good PR. And for public-interest organizations and government units/programs.)
It currently seems that Firefox is only a little more privacy-respecting than the browser of one of the most invasive surveillance dotcoms.
It's been that way for years, and every year is lost ground.
I suspect that Mozilla's need for funding, and the sources of funding for so long, are what have them looking so similar to a dotcom.
When users won't pay money, Mozilla has seemed to focus on ways to sell its users to big companies.
Maybe there's a viable combination of expense reductions, refined focus, and switching to solely charitable (hands-off) donations? (Maybe we'd see little sponsor logos for most of the FAANGs, for various motivations. And for some other Fortune 500s, for good PR. And for public-interest organizations and government units/programs.)