Its pretty naive to think present market share is any kind of reliable predictor for the future viability of Firefox. Its most recent ideologically compatible competitor, Chrome, has recently (<12 months) been shown to have deeply rooted problems relating to its independence that in a post-Snowden age, Tech community aside, have become factors in the decisionmakng processes of regular people. Accounting for those that accelerate adoption most, the tech enthusiast community, sites like HN show Mozilla still has a (potentially growing) great deal of love from the decision makers that matter.. there is a strong and still valid sheppard/sheep network effect in play here (the same that originally caused Mozilla's 90s/00s popularity) and it's still far too early to discount its value just yet.
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Its pretty naive to think present market share is any kind of reliable predictor for the future viability of Firefox. Its most recent ideologically compatible competitor, Chrome, has recently (<12 months) been shown to have deeply rooted problems relating to its independence that in a post-Snowden age, Tech community aside, have become factors in the decisionmakng processes of regular people. Accounting for those that accelerate adoption most, the tech enthusiast community, sites like HN show Mozilla still has a (potentially growing) great deal of love from the decision makers that matter.. there is a strong and still valid sheppard/sheep network effect in play here (the same that originally caused Mozilla's 90s/00s popularity) and it's still far too early to discount its value just yet.