Firefox would have given you an option. Which someone would have made an extension to control it for each site. In fact, that is exactly what happens there. No

Firefox would have given you an option. Which someone would have made an extension to control it for each site. In fact, that is exactly what happens there. Now, Google shoves on you their preference (which is a coin-toss to align or not) and you shout that this is protecting your freedom of choice.