alt Hacker NewsHonestly, dumping gecko would be a suicide for Firefox. Much of Firefox's minuscule userbase consists of knowledgeable nerds who are holdouts from the Blink monoculture.
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zavec • 08/04/2025
My main concern is manifest v3, I would be incredibly annoyed if I had to switch to a browser that broke ublock.
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dralley • 07/31/2025
So start replacing bits of Blink with Rust, instead of bits of Gecko.
Maybe their primary addressable market is nerds, but I guarantee more people quit using Firefox because of websites not working correctly or Google's marketing than because of any of the things that HN loves to complain about.
Using WebKit (even JavaScriptCore) and working with Apple wouldn't be the worst thing to my eyes as a Firefox/FOSS user. Duopoly isn't great but it's better than a monopoly.