Mozilla's Baker Dethroned, But It's 'Too Little, Too Late'
They are upselling when you try to download Firefox:
THESE latest figures (data as CSV) tell us that this month Firefox is barely observed as a user-agent.
The latest version, version 122, does not make the cut (threshold) for inclusion in the data. The same is true for 121, 120, 119, 118, 117, 116... up until 111. See, they make releases so often (the version inflation game) that people end up 'fragmented' across versions and platforms. Why not stick to ESR-like release schedules?
In February 2024 Firefox 111 has a market share of 0, after it peaked at 1.11 in April of last year.
Mozilla has fast become a niche player in the browser space, throwing away an earlier lead by becoming beholden to Google, and in turn to surveillance, DRM etc.
It's hard to see how Mozilla can recover from this. Empty platitudes about "HEY HI" (AI) are merely an embrace of a bubble that will implode.
At the moment Mozilla is leaderless, except for an interim CEO. Who will GAFAM appoint next and what will be his/her vision for Firefox, Thunderbird, the Web, and E-mail? █