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...until they gain in popularity.
Then there will be another fork. I've been using LibreWolf for several months now and so far it's been pretty neat. But of course, that's a sample size of 1 person.
I've been using it for much longer, at least 1 or 2 years, I forgot. Pretty neat, and makes us a sample of 2.
I'm a third! Using fennec on android also good
I'm more of an IronFox person on mobile
Also an IronFox mobile enjoyer. No matter which fork, I don't know how I coped without having a functioning adblock on mobile before.
Fourth!
Been using Librewolf for a couple of years now across Linux and macOS and have no issues with it. Waterfox on my phone though.
Fifth sample and v happy about it
Moved recently. Likes it.
You think LibreWolf will sell out?
I think that's unlikely.
It's a soft fork as in it will never stand alone without updates from mozilla.
Pretty much just some config files and a build script that enables / disables flags for whatever features.
There are loads of other similar projects and many of them share the patches / configurations between them.
I don't think there's really much for them to monetise, honestly. Like their following is built on not being mozilla, if they become mozilla-lite then any number of other existing projects could fill their gap.
It's much more likely that Firefox UX just continues to deteriorate, maybe they will capitulate on Googles next attempt to force ads on everyone, maybe google will not renew their next revenue agreement.
Firefox and all it's soft forks are on a trajectory towards doom. Ladybird is our only hope, and it's not much of a hope IMO.