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0 pointsposguy8y ago0 comments

Sounds similar to the complaints about Firefox, though the only notable issues I've run into with Atom have been related to shared file editing (and resulting sync issues). If someone could just leverage etherpad lite with Atom, it'd make me so happy!

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matt40778y ago

Firefox mostly has the problem that the open web suddenly became incredibly important for Google: it's their platform, in the fight against Facebook and Apple's iOS.

No organisation on the planet could compete with a team that Google considers a core asset for actual survival.

Mozilla has made quite a few mistakes, but the times may change, and I sure hope they'll be around when Google's incentives are no longer aligned with the open web's.

posguyOP8y ago

Google can be out-competed, look at their attempts at social networks & messaging/calling.

Google has lit dumpsters full of cash on fire in an effort to get anywhere near Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Viber or even Signal Private Messenger, and yet their extremely fractured strategy that they have dumped R&D into still has less users than any of those in their respective categories.

Mozilla can be competitive, akin to Darktable vs Adobe if Mozilla chooses to be. No more mucking about bailing their friends out (ie: Pocket acquisition), or trying to fight Google on hardware prices (Firefox OS's entire strategy). Mozilla can create a playing field tilted in their favor, and force others to compete on their turf rather than duking it out on Google or Chinese OEMs turf.

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