That's a good point, I hadn't known about the Waterfox drama. I do still use Firefox, but I'd been eyeing Mercury, myself.
Anyway -- your other point about bus factors is also fair, but I think it's made a bit moot by the big players (evidently, Mozilla included) making bad decisions in spite of (or because of?) their size.
Perhaps the future involves people being more lean about which browsers they're tied to, and making the jump more often. Guess we'll see.
> it's made a bit moot by the big players (evidently, Mozilla included) making bad decisions in spite of (or because of?) their size.
True—I'm more counting on big players moving slowly and with lots of eyes on them. Mozilla's descent has been one that I've been following for years now, and I don't expect to be surprised by a sudden rug pull the way that a smaller player can do.
Anyway -- your other point about bus factors is also fair, but I think it's made a bit moot by the big players (evidently, Mozilla included) making bad decisions in spite of (or because of?) their size.
Perhaps the future involves people being more lean about which browsers they're tied to, and making the jump more often. Guess we'll see.