I'm not simply giving in, but if there has been a change of policy at Mozilla
(and money can have that effect) then I am not interested in their product
any more. I will simply downgrade as much as necessary to a free browser
rather than try to fight a losing battle along with the minority of their
users that care about it.
"If we fail you may soon find that there isn't any video you can play on the
web. Not YouTube, not your favorite news web sites, nothing." Let's turn this
around: I am the consumer. Businesses, etc. want me to see their videos. I
already skip anything that requires me to install Adobe products, and there
is never going to be absolutely nothing, anywhere at all that I cannot see
with free and safe software.
The most effective way to influence a business is to avoid it's products. I
don't do this out of spite, but simply becuase I don't want that kind of
product.