One observer has been spectating and commentating on Mozilla since before it was a foundation – one of its original co-developers, Jamie Zawinksi. He has been accurately cataloging Mozilla's failings for years. In 2022, he called it out for accepting cryptocurrency donations (or Dunning-Krugerrands, as he calls them). In 2023, he attacked Mozilla's first AI move as well as its executive remuneration. In early 2024, he criticized its formation of an investment arm. In mid-2024, he pointed out its "Original Sin" of adopting digital rights management. And in late 2024, its move to selling ads., Like many things, unfortunately, much of computing is run on feelings, tradition, and group loyalties, when it should use facts, evidence, and hard numbers. Don't bother saying Firefox is getting slower., "Firefox is dead to me," wrote Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols last month for The Register, complaining about everything from layoffs at Mozilla to Firefox's discontinuation of Pocket and Fakespot, its small market share, and some user complaints that the browser might be becoming slower. But a new rebutt.