[gamjQZnHT53AMa]

This site just hates Mozilla for all kinds of reasons. I agree completely with your point though. Mozilla would be sorely missed were they to disappear, and moves like these are absolutely in line with their goals. Mozilla != Firefox

[vasco]

Mozilla you remember has disappeared long ago. One look at their financials tells you all you need to know about what they care about nowadays, which seems to be to pay leadership large salaries.

[amjd]

You fail to see that the criticism comes from rooting for Firefox and Mozilla through all these years and seeing them focus on everything other than their main product.

I'm willingly to bet HN has a much higher percentage of Firefox users than the internet average, and we are all tired and disappointed in Mozilla's current leadership because they've failed to innovate and keep the browser competitive.

[dns_snek]

How is Mozilla != Firefox when that's the only product keeping them relevant?

[orra]

Firefox is by far their biggest success. That's precisely why it's absurd to criticise them for branching out.

[orra]

TBF the disdain for Mozilla is not a universal sentiment, but it's absurdly pervasive. There's the same nonsense on reddit at /r/linux.

[computerfriend]

Moves like this are in line with them disappearing. Which I do think may be one of their goals.

[vorpalhex]

What has Mozilla done that isn't Firefox or a PR fluff piece?

Even Thunderbird was spun out.