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> Privacy, telemetry, and Linux don't matter, sorry folks, if they did people wouldn't use Chrome or Edge. The people who wouldn't use the aforementioned brows

> Privacy, telemetry, and Linux don't matter, sorry folks, if they did people wouldn't use Chrome or Edge. The people who wouldn't use the aforementioned browsers are Firefox's only hope - otherwise, why not just use Chrome or Edge? Firefox isn't going to win by being a more faithful Chrome copy (this current strategy has failed them for years).

p1esk 4y ago
I use FF and I don’t care about privacy, telemetry, or Lunux. I care about performance, ad blocking, and website compatibility.
- cercatrova 4y ago
  This. I use Firefox primarily for uBlock Origin not being gimped by Google's push for Web Extensions Manifest V3.
- Nextgrid 4y ago
  > don’t care about privacy > performance, ad blocking Blocking privacy-invasive garbage and ads (aka spam) will often improve performance. So you'd still indirectly benefit from a user-focused, privacy friendly browser even if you don't explicitly care about privacy.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  If you care about performance and compatibility, you prefer Chrome. If you really care about ad blocking, Firefox should be very important to you like a year from now, if Google doesn't retreat before they even lock v2 extensions out. If they back off, what's the reason you have to prefer Firefox?
  - p1esk 4y ago
    what's the reason you have to prefer Firefox? Two reasons: 1. inertia - I’ve been using it for 17 years and it’s still good enough to not switch, and 2. Google already knows too much about me, I don’t want to give them even more data through their browser. So I guess I do care about privacy…
    - pessimizer 4y ago
      Yes you do.
bakugo 4y ago
Exactly. If Firefox offers the same things as Chrome, why not just use Chrome? Firefox needs to find a space for itself in the browser market, not try (and fail) to take Chrome's space. Focus on offering features that Chrome doesn't offer and the people looking for those features will come. Stop removing customization and hackability. Unfortunately, I think none of the people in control actually understand this, probably because they're the kind of people who are happy using Chrome themselves.
- hammyhavoc 4y ago
  The better way to look at this is "Chrome doesn't offer what Firefox does" and "Firefox doesn't offer what Chrome does". That's why there's space. Some people will settle on less compatibility for better performance, battery-life and privacy.

p1esk 4y ago

I use FF and I don’t care about privacy, telemetry, or Lunux. I care about performance, ad blocking, and website compatibility.

cercatrova 4y ago
This. I use Firefox primarily for uBlock Origin not being gimped by Google's push for Web Extensions Manifest V3.
Nextgrid 4y ago
> don’t care about privacy > performance, ad blocking Blocking privacy-invasive garbage and ads (aka spam) will often improve performance. So you'd still indirectly benefit from a user-focused, privacy friendly browser even if you don't explicitly care about privacy.
pessimizer 4y ago
If you care about performance and compatibility, you prefer Chrome. If you really care about ad blocking, Firefox should be very important to you like a year from now, if Google doesn't retreat before they even lock v2 extensions out. If they back off, what's the reason you have to prefer Firefox?
- p1esk 4y ago
  what's the reason you have to prefer Firefox? Two reasons: 1. inertia - I’ve been using it for 17 years and it’s still good enough to not switch, and 2. Google already knows too much about me, I don’t want to give them even more data through their browser. So I guess I do care about privacy…
  - pessimizer 4y ago
    Yes you do.

bakugo 4y ago

Exactly. If Firefox offers the same things as Chrome, why not just use Chrome? Firefox needs to find a space for itself in the browser market, not try (and fail) to take Chrome's space. Focus on offering features that Chrome doesn't offer and the people looking for those features will come. Stop removing customization and hackability. Unfortunately, I think none of the people in control actually understand this, probably because they're the kind of people who are happy using Chrome themselves.

hammyhavoc 4y ago
The better way to look at this is "Chrome doesn't offer what Firefox does" and "Firefox doesn't offer what Chrome does". That's why there's space. Some people will settle on less compatibility for better performance, battery-life and privacy.