Is the Firefox web that is going to be closed in China? Hard collision with chrome and safari

New Delhi. The operator of the Firefox web browser, who once challenged Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE), plan to shut down its China unit. According to social media posts and local media reports, earlier this week, the Chinese version of the Firefox issued a notice, informing users about the “closure” of their main unit in Beijing and the abolition of the web browser’s China account. The notice also said that the software would be available in the market, but it was later removed.

On Tuesday, an employee of the Firefox published a manual on the online forum of the Chinese language of Firefox owner Mozilla, in which instructions were given to users about how to backup data, configuration files and how to restore them.

Why Firefox is closing
Launched in 2004, the Open-SUS FIREFOX was known for sharp, more private and more customizable features, which was better than the major IE of that time. Mozilla, who is owned by non-profit Mozilla Foundation, said on its website that the company makes “Internet for people, not for profit”.

By 2009 it had become the second largest browser in the world, when its global market part had reached 30 percent, after 60 percent of IE. According to the data of the Internet traffic tracker Statcounter, as Mobile Internet’s circulation increased, Google’s Chrome overtook Firefox in November 2011, when Android operating system (OS) became more popular.

Firefox also stepped into the smartphone operating system, launched the Open-SORS FIREFOX OS in 2013. According to the 2013 report by the state-supported magazine China Internet Weekly, at that time, Firefox general manager in China, Guo Yuanzheng, said that OS is “undoubtedly the next product with the most expectations”. But this project was closed after three years.

According to the 21st Century Business Herald, in 2008, Guo said that Mozilla did not pressurize the Chinese subsidiary to get a profit and “the only work was to increase market share”. Globally, Firefox was still in fourth place with 2.4 percent stake in June this year, Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Microsoft behind the edge. But its future in China was blurred as it faced local competition.