> But nobody has infinite engineering resources. Maintaining everything comes at a cost
Irrelevant in this case. There are far more effective ways of paying down technical debt and enhancing future maintainability than removing a small, self-contained feature that occasionally addresses a critical user need. This is Firefox we're talking about, they've got a humongous legacy codebase to play with.
Irrelevant in this case. There are far more effective ways of paying down technical debt and enhancing future maintainability than removing a small, self-contained feature that occasionally addresses a critical user need. This is Firefox we're talking about, they've got a humongous legacy codebase to play with.