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Firefox, despite that some HN'ers bash them for not being perfect. And there is an occasional reCaptcha time-waster as "encouragement" from Google to switch. U

• fwn 6y ago
  There's quite a difference between "not being perfect" and the continuous letdown and disappointment that is Mozilla management / decision making. Mozilla just shattered an extension ecosystem and now there's like 10 extensions left. You can do store extensions in Nightly, but you now need a firefox account to do so. (And you have to press secret invisible buttons, not joking.) Non-store extensions are apparently canceled. It's a power grab all the way down. We wouldn't make excuses if Google did that and we shouldn't make excuses if Mozilla does it. Current Mozilla does not behave in a way that would demonstrate that they are a good steward for Firefox or the open web.
  • nextaccountic 6y ago
    > Mozilla just shattered an extension ecosystem and now there's like 10 extensions left The gutted extensions are exactly the kind that never worked in Chromium or another browser, so I don't see this as a disadvantage. On the contrary, Firefox still has extensions that don't work in Chrome like Tree Style Tabs (it needs a userChrome.css to work properly but still)