@warmaster@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 days agoMozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survivalwww.omgubuntu.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down14
arrow-up1172arrow-down1external-linkMozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survivalwww.omgubuntu.co.uk@warmaster@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-square@Geodad@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish19•10 days agoWhy can’t they just use the Wikipedia model? That should bring in enough to cover development and operating costs.
minus-square@Adalast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink15•9 days agoBecause a browser is several orders of magnitudee more complex than a website.
minus-square@toastmeister@lemmy.calinkfedilink3•9 days agoWikimedia is even using php still. Firefox created Rust I believe, in order to advance.
minus-square@denshi@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 days agoRust was originally created by a Mozilla dev as a hobby project. Also, the Mozilla rust team was fired in 2020 during a “restructuring”.
Why can’t they just use the Wikipedia model? That should bring in enough to cover development and operating costs.
Because a browser is several orders of magnitudee more complex than a website.
Wikimedia is even using php still. Firefox created Rust I believe, in order to advance.
Rust was originally created by a Mozilla dev as a hobby project. Also, the Mozilla rust team was fired in 2020 during a “restructuring”.
Ah weird.