There isn't a very wide gap between builtin and "we bundle this extension by default" - which was always an option. The difference would have been marginal if Mozilla wanted to make it so.
Open source has an advantage when it sets itself up as basic infrastructure that can be tailored to many roles. It is notable that Brave, being started by a CTO from Mozilla with extensive experience in Mozilla, went with Chromium as the browser base for whatever reason.
Maybe if Firefox hadn't damaged its extension ecosystem instead Brave's niche could maybe have been done with extensions. Who knows. The former userbase has been delivering powerful votes of no confidence against Firefox for a decade now.
> There isn't a very wide gap between builtin and "we bundle this extension by default" - which was always an option. The difference would have been marginal if Mozilla wanted to make it so.
Open source has an advantage when it sets itself up as basic infrastructure that can be tailored to many roles. It is notable that Brave, being started by a CTO from Mozilla with extensive experience in Mozilla, went with Chromium as the browser base for whatever reason.
Maybe if Firefox hadn't damaged its extension ecosystem instead Brave's niche could maybe have been done with extensions. Who knows. The former userbase has been delivering powerful votes of no confidence against Firefox for a decade now.