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Mozilla lays off 70

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1. WhatIsDukkha ◴[] No.22058553[source]
I'm looking forward to some paid products from Mozilla (including the vpn).

Privacy focused personal zeroknowledge cloud things are needed.

I'd love to have a more elaborate version of Firefox Sync that worked across chromium (and I'd pay for it).

The obvious calendar, mail, etc.

I'd pay for a zeroknowledge hosted Berners Lee Solid service.

Do this stuff and I'll pay well for it.

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2. Andrew_nenakhov ◴[] No.22058628[source]
Why do you want sync with chromium?

Firefox syncs just fine with Firefox on any platform, including mobile. Just use it everywhere, no?

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3. WhatIsDukkha ◴[] No.22058843[source]
Because, to me, even lockin to Firefox isn't a good thing.

I still use Chromium for garbage web time coughhackernews*cough for example.

All my actual work and projects are Firefox (tons of vertical tabs) and I don't want them polluted with my trash reading but would still like to see history/tabs etc at least browseable across browsers.

Containers are getting a bit more viable to combine work and consumption but not quite there.

edit - and yes I'm actually just about 100% Firefox mobile already

4. Spivak ◴[] No.22058960[source]
But then your bookmarks only live in Firefox which isn't always convenient. NextCloud Bookmarks, Floccus for browser sync and an API to add them everywhere else is really nice.

I get that Pocket exists but the whole thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth -- paying $5/mo to remove ads in a bookmarking service that should just be a built-in feature of sync is gross.

5. doctorpangloss ◴[] No.22059015[source]
Maybe just keychain integration on macOS. It's too bad that's not a priority. [1]

Keychain support is the only reason I recommend Safari, because password sharing with iOS is so important.

On Windows it's a big mindshare problem. So I'm supportive of their marketing efforts.

Their best bet is to do affiliate selling. E.g. discount Dropbox subs originating from Firefox.

Don't focus on stuff that Google does well, like e-mail. Focus on stuff Windows does poorly, like OneDrive.

So you're right on the money with password sync. Basically nonexistent in Windows. 1password affiliate selling = A+.

[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106400