Waterfox is dependant on Firefox still being developed. Mozilla are adding these features to try to stay relevant and keep or gain market share. If this fails, and Firefox goes away, Waterfox is unlikely to survive.

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benrutter 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

That's true, but as a Waterfox user, I'm not worried!

If firefox really completely fails, and nobody is able to continue the open source project, I'll just find a new browser. That's not a huge hassle- Waterfox does what I need in the here and now, that's my only criterion.

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reddalo 5 days ago | parent [-]

> I'll just find a new browser.

The problem is that if Firefox dies, there are no browsers left. I don't want to use a re-skin of Chrome.

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benrutter 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, I agree. I suppose when I said "I'm not worried" - I meant in the context of "it doesn't put me off using Waterfox". I am worried from an overall software ecosystem point of view.

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voshond 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Luckily there is ladybird in the making

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dragonwriter 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> The problem is that if Firefox dies, there are no browsers left. I don't want to use a re-skin of Chrome.

Lynx is still not a re-skin of Chrome, unless I missed something changing.

	▲	fsflover 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Can you manage your bank in Lynx?

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Etherlord87 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

If most people move from Firefox to Waterfox, then Waterfox can acquire Firefox devs, no? Obviously it comes to money, but the first step to gain funding is to gain popularity...