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> It's why people use Firefox. Extensions are probably the least reason why i use Firefox. The few extensions i use are also available in Chrome. Other reasons

> It's why people use Firefox. Extensions are probably the least reason why i use Firefox. The few extensions i use are also available in Chrome. Other reasons to use Firefox (at least for me): - It's free software. - Uses less RAM than Chrome (when having many tabs open). - The address bar is awesome; i can always find previous pages i visited from there without having to google them. - It's backed up by a non-profit organization, instead of an advertisement company.

pekk 11y ago
The vast majority of Mozilla's funding comes from Google.
- rctgamer3 11y ago
  Wrong. Have you been living under a rock? The deal with Google ended last year.
  - dang 11y ago
    > Wrong. Have you been living under a rock? Personal attacks are not allowed on HN. Please don't do this again. This comment would be fine if it were just the last sentence.
wsha 11y ago
It's probably better to compare Firefox to Chromium which is as free as Firefox. I think the RAM and address bar comparisons could be addressed by extensions in Chromium. So really you are left with the last point about funding, but Mozilla gets its money somehow and it's mostly not coming from charitable donations.