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[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Firefox desktop performance is on par with Chromium. Also Servo is now a project under the Linux Foundation, and likely Mozilla Corp doesn't have enough employees to contribute to external projects.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Firefox desktop performance is on par with Chromium.

Mate, I don't know what kind of beast or toaster you have as a machine, but my experience tells me otherwise.

Also Servo is now a project under the Linux Foundation, and likely Mozilla Corp doesn’t have enough employees to contribute to external projects.

Yes, Mozilla fired the entire Servo team and gave their previous CEO a raise during the pandemic. They can still pivot and focus on Firefox instead of whatever other stuff they have been doing.

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[–] vanderbilt@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Same. Install Firefox on a ChromeBook, which are almost all universally low powered, then watch it chug.

I don’t care how long the former CEO has been involved with the foundation, she has not been good for Mozilla.