I wonder what happens to Firefox if the search dollars run out and companies are uniting behind chrome/WebKit
Webkit is developed almost exclusively by Apple (or more maintained because development is very slow, btw I suspect that Apple will drop webkit as it become too far behind) There are also a few igalia devs and one Sony dev + one Gmail dev.
Chromium is developed by so many people, Google, Microsoft, opera, QT, hardware makers (ARM, Intel, nvidia), some enterprises, and many contributors (I wonder if chromium has more opensource non paid contributor than gecko)
Servo is mostly developed by paid mozilla devs, but had major improvements made by contributors. Proportionally far more non paid contributor than the gecko of today, I expect mostly because they work on github which is more friendly than bugzilla and mailing lists...
Gecko dev today non paid developers are a few minority.
If Firefox does not die by himself, expect Google to slowly stop paying them Thus mozilla will die which would be a great loss.
Mozilla could save it's future, mozilla could become sustainable: I made a proposal here: https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/24026
Were you referring to my proposal on github?
I was, yes.
But you can't disagree with my plan? It would mean you have an alternative (you probably don't), or that you wish that the trend continue and that mozilla die (you don't actually wish that)
A monoculture inherently creates fragility and inflexibility without the need to compete or collaborate.
Chrome removing ad blocker functionality is one reason why Mozilla is sorely needed.
Unfortunately, people don't realize that they are the product with Google, and ever more invasive spying will always the norm with them.
Dont drink the Kool-aid.
I'd like to read the discussion but can't find anything in the archives.
If the web is going towards a Chrome monoculture, then perhaps Microsoft would step in to keep some competition in the marketplace.
Stranger things have happened!