This is another dumb move from Mozilla, putting them further away from being the alternative to giants such as Facebook and Google on the open web.<p>With time, more and more users are going to wake up to the privacy issues with the current web, and a common login solution that is NOT Google or Facebook is critically important in order to avoid getting tracked online.<p>Persona should be improved to be a natural fit for Firefox users rather than to be shut down. The demand for common login is there and people pick Facebook and Google today because they dont understand the need for privacy. But sooner or later they will get quite tired of being tracked and want a good alternative. Mozilla should be there for them when they do.