I am not a developer and have no skin in this game.
I have been a longtime Firefox user and while I use many other Google products, I have preferred to remain loyal to Firefox.
Until today when I fired up my computer to check sites I visit regularly only to discover Nimbus FVD Speed Dial with all my nicely organized tabs and custom logos and cool backgrounds had disappeared without explanation.
All due to something I don’t really give a darn about.
If you are going to do something with such huge effects on thousands of users, you really needed to think it through and not overreact as you did.
Nothing in life is free, and I fully expect someone somewhere is making money from my online activities. Even Mozilla. Data is the newest currency.
What was done and how it was done, in hindsight, appears to be a stupid and horrible decision.
Even if Mozilla admits its mistake and apologizes, the damage is done and Nimbus will remove themselves from Firefox. And so will I.
I am no longer a Firefox user. It will remain on my computer and get updated, but I will change my browser preference to Google Chrome.
I do this reluctantly, but your precipitous decision to screw over thousands of Firefox users leaves me no choice. I simply have lost all trust in Mozilla.
FVD Speed Dial doesn’t even look as good on Chrome as it does on Firefox, but once the trust is gone, the breakup is inevitable, and the divorce must follow.