So many answers missed the fundamental point. It is open source. That means Google, Microsoft and anyone else is able to contribute and with enough contributio

So many answers missed the fundamental point. It is open source. That means Google, Microsoft and anyone else is able to contribute and with enough contributions from these sources, the basic philosophy will be influenced by these sources. If you do the work you should get kudos & reward.... -Containers were / are brilliant -Containers with "some sponsor leakage" ( it's not called that but that is what it is) is shabby and so google. -Default search engine is Google is obscene, regardless of how much sponsorship you get. -Turning off telemetry should mean what it says. What it really means Firefox still stores it locally, just doesn't transmit it (for now?)-so Microsoft.