Itβs the default browser on my computer, and it doesnβt suck, so Iβm not motivated to seek an alternative.
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Doing my bit to support the open web. Plus, while it's probably just familiarity, I've always felt that Firefox works with me while Chrome works against me.
I dont like Chrome have so big market share. Also it is making less dumb desions for me, you can actually disable stuff I dont like.
It's the right balance between privacy and usability. Chrome or Edge is a no-go. Librewolf sound nice, but out of the box it's a little too private (refuses to save any state between sessions) making it too inconvenient.
against google/chromium monopoly.
Containers addon. And it has bookmarks decades old. Remove both and I wouldn't care much. I'm also more familiar with it. It feels more natural due to this. I feel more comfortable on it. More at home, less scared.
I use it to protest Google's bullshit, but I still acknowledge all problems Firefox has and that all in all, Chromium is superior in many ways
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The developer tools are top notch. Chrome is slower and sucks.
I like Lynx
Many reasons, but the main one is being able to self-host the sync server. It's just crazy that the entire browsing history of most people on the internet is stored on Google servers, with no e2e encryption!
If you use google search, it pretty much almost still is, tbh
True, that's why I also use a meta search engine, instead of Google directly.
Because I like it the best
It's a good compromise of everything I care about regarding a digital product.
Because brain.
Privacy primarily and less likely to be targeted for widespread attack because there's a fraction of the user base Chrome enjoys.
Because Pale Moon became a dumpster fire.
I use Firefox because I really like the containers extension that makes sure each tab is its own environment to prevent cross contamination of cookies etc. Also, I can rest assured that ublock origin is working as intended by the author since it is primarily targeted toward Firefox these days I think.
Sadly I had to stop using Firefox on my gaming Windows box because for whatever reason my Firefox install seems to gobble up all of my GPU memory. It's working fine on Mac and Linux though.
My FFFL Tatoo is gonna be so rad.
I'm not sure if using Librewolf on desktop or Mull on mobile counts but they are pretty good hardened forks of Firefox.
Firefox is great but the downside is that it isn't as private as browsers I've mentioned by default. Still, it is solid choice from privacy perspective.
Mull would constantly freeze up on my phone
Ended to swapping to Fennec with Cookies disabled
Not Chromium, Extremely customizable and configurable, and add-on support on mobile, to name a few reasons.
I switched to chrome for a few years but went back to Firefox about 3 years ago. Google can piss off as far as Iβm concerned.
I just don't like monopolies, and right now everything else is chrome
Back in the days when Netscape Navigator went down, I switched to then-new Firefox.
I have had no reason to not use it. With mods Firefox even allows me to keep the UI looking exactly the same as it did with version 3.x, where everything is just where I want it to be.
Change just for the sake of change is pointless.
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Before Google started being openly evil and Firefox was pretty slow by comparison, I kept using Firefox for 2 reasons: mobile add-ons and the "Container Tabs" addon which doesn't (or at least didn't) have a chome analog. Now I've degoogled and also it seems faster in those occasions when I have to use chrome at work.
Because I used the old mozilla browser back in the 90s and when it switched to calling firefox I kept on using it.
Have you ever used it's DevTools? Chrome DevTools feels outdated in comparison