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;Rating Dip: We have been investigating a ratings dip that appears to have started around Dec 10th 2013. Currently, we think this could be related to two main issues: 1) a [http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/12/30/multiple-developers-seeing-influx-of-unexplained-1-star-ratings-since-launch-of-play-stores-new-quick-rating-widget/ Google UX change] in the Play Store and 2) Slow performance on mid to low end devices. #1 is not really in our control, but if we can feedback to Google, we probably should. #2 is within our control and we have been working on [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=947390 improving pageload performance]. We need to make sure we include mid and low end devices when profiling/testing. Some of the data we have been gathering shows that regions, like Brazil, where we are growing, are the same regions where we are being rated poorly due to performance. Those regions also seem to be using mid to low end devices.