> did you want Firefox to fork Chromium and be reliant on Google and keep pulling in all changes they pushed?
I guess I was thinking that Mozilla could both contribute to the core browser (Blink?) and maintain a fork similar to Chromium, but perhaps with more independent features.
This is obviously not ideal for the ecosystem, compared to having a separate browser engine. However it could be a useful approach if Firefox has trouble getting enough users to be relevant, because at least it would mean that Mozilla is influencing the web and its development.
> an open source clone of Android, it already exists and it's called Replicant
I don't think Mozilla needs to start an independent project. They could fund, promote and improve one of the existing open source forks of Android.
I guess I was thinking that Mozilla could both contribute to the core browser (Blink?) and maintain a fork similar to Chromium, but perhaps with more independent features.
This is obviously not ideal for the ecosystem, compared to having a separate browser engine. However it could be a useful approach if Firefox has trouble getting enough users to be relevant, because at least it would mean that Mozilla is influencing the web and its development.
> an open source clone of Android, it already exists and it's called Replicant
I don't think Mozilla needs to start an independent project. They could fund, promote and improve one of the existing open source forks of Android.