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1. flossly · 1789636718 · focus · HN ↗

   I really wish a patron would step up and sponsor this project. Not just by money, but also by plugging it in their browser-carrying products. Maybe Hauwei of Samgsung; they now sling a browser derived of another for-profit --usually competitor-- company's browser.

   1. embedding-shape · 1789637788 · focus · HN ↗

      So right now Servo is funded by the community, and this is no good because why? Instead you propose that this project should be funded by a for-profit company with it's own objectives in this world (that often starts with "more money"), again leading me to ask why?

      The setup right now seems to give enough people enough time to work on it to move forward, why on earth would you want to involve companies infamous for their shit software quality, like Samsung?

      1. lukan · 1789638511 · focus · HN ↗

         Probably because broad adoption would help making it a real option to use in the near future?

         So sure, Samsung would bundle it with their usual crap, but if it helps making the engine more mature, great, but I also don't see why they would in the first place.

         1. doublerabbit · 1789638749 · focus · HN ↗

            It had broad adoption, Mozilla threw it away.

            The same would occur again.

            1. lukan · 1789638841 · focus · HN ↗

               Servo never had. But yes, mozilla management let FF go down the drain.

               1. bryanlarsen · 1789649262 · focus · HN ↗

                  Down the drain? Firefox is still a great browser.

                  1. lukan · 1789651698 · focus · HN ↗

                     Their performance is not great comoared to the competition and their market share is at 3.7% and falling. The only thing that keeps me there, is ublock origin. The moment ladybird or a a servo base browser becomes an option I switch.

                     And if FF also starts to restrict UO, I just go to chrome then. I assume many think like me.

                  2. t-3 · 1789653623 · focus · HN ↗

                     Firefox is acceptable, but it's definitely not what it used to be. I've long stopped expecting any positive user- visible change in Firefox updates.
            2. JoshTriplett · 1789643942 · focus · HN ↗

               In fairness, while there was definitely Mozilla mismanagement, there was also a massive monopolistic marketing/bundling campaign by Chrome. Google search and other properties pushed Chrome, Google paid application publishers to bundle Chrome the way they bundled adware, and so on.
            3. paulryanrogers · 1789646290 · focus · HN ↗

               Servo was not intended to replace Gecko. By all reports it was an experimental component, many of whose findings were used in Gecko.

               That folks want to take it further is admirable. But doubtful Mozilla could have afforded to with their existing commitments.

            4. bjord · 1789654658 · focus · HN ↗

               sorry, what? servo existing as a mozilla side project did not give it broad adoption

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