Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> writes: > The universe of Linux systems that are running Firefox but not > Pulseaudio is fairly small at this point.
Pulseaudio eats away about 10% CPU without any benefit whatsoever, not to mention that it makes things more complex and less reliable. Why would anyone use it? Developers might try to make their lifes easier by developing software to the point where nobody wants to use it, except for the few developers perhaps. With firefox, a policy like that contradicts their claims. This is another issue which comes up quite often with FOSS. Developers claim to be doing something in the interest of their users and are asking for support. When you take a closer look, you find that they don't, and when you offer support, they do not want it. Why can't they just say that they are making software for themselves the way they want it and don't care about what anyone else says or wants? It only gives reason to distrust someone when you find that they do not do what they claim to be doing.
