Mobile adblock

Because it’s one of the only remaining browsers (the other one being Safari) that doesn’t run on Chromium. We must protect FireFox and Safari with our lives because if they die out then Google has a monopoly on the browser space. Not something anyone wants… I mean look at their Manifest V3, and web DRM controversies. They are trying to ruin the web. Don’t let them people!

Plus, I just like the ability to customize the toolbar, and FireFox Sync is just brilliant for syncing between mobile and desktop!

Because it’s not Chrome

Because it’s open source

Because I can get it on all my devices

Because I like the work Mozilla does

Because it’s private and secure by default

Waaaaaaay better privacy, faster than chrome, don’t need to worry about them killing mandatory add ons so they can push ads, also the add ons just work better but maybe that’s confirmation bias.

I’m sure there’s more I’m forgetting

Originally (more than a decennia ago) because it had better customizability, later because it was less memory hungry.

Because I need a browser.

Because it’s the only browser not based on Google’s Chromium rendering engine (Webview, WebKit? whatever). Using any other browser supports Google’s monopoly over how we browse the internet and what we are allowed to see. No, fuck Google.

Edit: spelling

Cause fuck Google

Containers addon. And it has bookmarks decades old. Remove both and I wouldn’t care much. I’m also more familiar with it. It feels more natural due to this. I feel more comfortable on it. More at home, less scared.

Because it appeals to furries.

When it first came it out it was slow slow slow. They’ve fixed that. Admittedly their search engine returns “sparse” results compared to google, but their security and commitment to privacy is worth the dearth of ‘hits’ to my more esoteric searches.

It’s the only viable browser engine that isn’t chromium-based. And it’s open source and very functional.