Mozilla Is Giving Up on Its OS for Smartphones
- 9 years ago
Much like Microsoft, Mozilla missed out on mobile.
Even as its open-source desktop web browser Firefox was surging in popularity, smartphones were starting to emerge as the platform that would push PCs to secondary status for everyday computing.
Mozilla said yesterday at its developer conference in Orlando that it will stop selling its Firefox mobile operating system to carriers and cease development of the OS for smartphones.
Instead, the company will explore developing Firefox OS for other platforms, such as Internet of Things devices.
Meanwhile, power users, long the heart of Firefox’s user base, had plenty of other free and open source mobile operating system options, from the Android variation Replicant to the Linux Foundation-backed Tizen to SailfishOS.
Even as its open-source desktop web browser Firefox was surging in popularity, smartphones were starting to emerge as the platform that would push PCs to secondary status for everyday computing.
Mozilla said yesterday at its developer conference in Orlando that it will stop selling its Firefox mobile operating system to carriers and cease development of the OS for smartphones.
Instead, the company will explore developing Firefox OS for other platforms, such as Internet of Things devices.
Meanwhile, power users, long the heart of Firefox’s user base, had plenty of other free and open source mobile operating system options, from the Android variation Replicant to the Linux Foundation-backed Tizen to SailfishOS.