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> Singular focus

> We are focused on one thing: the web browser.

It is great that this was put first

Great jab at the Motzilla foundation that focuses on "Pocket", "Mozilla VPN", millions of dollars in CEO compensations, AI investments, political deplatforming and other things (maybe Firefox).

I think you're projecting.

What it means is that now the browser is Andreas' main focus after he announced earlier last month that he will step down from Serenity OS's team.

"No 'default search deals'" doesn't sound like projecting, it sounds like a direct shot.

I was replying from the context of the grand-parent quote about "singular focus". :)

Also, it is easy to make bold claims early on, and at some point reality shows its ugly face. Remember that they already moved from "we re-implement everything" to "let's re-use the same libraries that other web runtimes use (and sometimes maintain)".

That is a goal of the OS project, not the browser project. There is nothing wrong about moving on.

They switched their approach when they decided to turn the browser into an independent project, because that was the only way to get it done. Of course it's ok to change, but you can also consider that as a precedent and take anything they say now with a grain of salt.

It was a hobby recovery project which grew into something more. I feel like people sometimes want to be overly negative or overly critical and contrarian. Should Linus Torvald be viewed with suspicion because of the bad precedent he set when he stated,

> I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.

Of course not. And if one set their goals ambitiously from the outset, they would be accused of being non-humble. There is no path one can follow which escapes baseless and inane criticisms.

> Of course it's ok to change, but you can also consider that as a precedent and take anything they say now with a grain of salt.

One can also criticize failure to change and adapt, and failure to seize and follow opportunities.

On the contrary, Andreas realized the conflict and isntead of changing the focus of the SerenityOS projects decided to split the browser into a new one so that SerenityOS could remain what it is and not be drowned out by the interest in the browser.

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