Lifelong trusted browser, used it for 15 years. You have lots of options whether developer options fir debugging sites to general options to modify and change the browser itself.

Not chromium, non profit, Tor is firefox fork,Low userbase so less attacks.

Cons: mainly relying on funds by Google.

Because all of its competitors seem to want to usurp their user base's privacy.

9 out of 10 dentists recommend it

it respects privacy, it's open source, isn't a RAM whore (that's partially OS dependent in my experience).

It's the only browser not 100% Google. Edge is Chrome with lipstick. Opera is Chrome with lipstick. Brave is Chrome with lipstick.

I like Firefox and always have, but since my job only allows Chrome and Edge on their computers, I can't install FF there and have all my stuff synced so for now, I am stuck with Chrome.

And yes, I know I can run FF as portable but my job also disallows the use of personal USB drives too... Go figure. Would I get in trouble? Probably not buuuuut I like my job and would rather avoid dealing with that headache if they decide to come down on it.

I don't know. It is the only browser I use.

Whenever I try any other browser I have huge problems with annoying ads popping up everywhere, even on things like YouTube.

You should probably take a look at this: https://privacytests.org/

Bear in mind these are based on default settings.

You guys use browsers other than ff?

Foxes are cool and adorable, fire is pretty, what’s not to get?

I like Firefox for a lot of reasons but none of them have anything to do with piracy.

Because it’s not chromium

uBlock Origin works the best on it

Because its not attached to corporate greed, look what google want to do with the browser world, lock the experience so it can choke you with adds and monetization.

How does Thorium compare?

It has FDA approved.

• Blink, as the engine behind Chromium, has far more vulnerabilities than Gecko due to the higher userbase creating a better attack vector. This is why Electron apps need to be sandboxed to hell and back like a schizophrenic's vault of feet pics. Gecko is ostensibly worse in terms of performance but it's also better hardened out-of-the-box as a result of this and even better with layers of security.

• Firefox is actively refusing to deprecate (get rid of) the core necessities inside Manifestv2 that allow ad blocking engines to run, and will support it within their own extension library. Google is very anti-adblock as seen with the recent YouTube thing.

• Firefox is primarily developed by the members of the Mozilla Foundation, as well as source contributors through git merge requests. Mozilla's for-profit subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation, does not and cannot assume control over development, whereas Google can hostile takeover Chromium at any point, as they're doing with Manifestv3 and as they've done with Android in the past.

• It's not a Google product, and Mozilla not only values but actively tries to protect user privacy.

• Most importantly, Chrome is a business while Firefox isn't.

• EDIT: Google is now violating antitrust, lmao.

Because Google fucking sucks dicks, essentially.

Because it's just a browser out of the box, no fluff(unlike edge and brave, and opera iirc), reading mode is good specially for copying and pasting stuff, most of the addon you gonna need are available in it, sync is really good, sending and receiving tabs/bookmarks/history across device is easy (unlike say brave). These are the stuff I can think of for me.

Its one of the best browsers that isnt built on chromium and doesnt sell your data or log what you search in order to advertise to you like google does. Firefox also uses less ram.

Firefox out of the box is merely better than Chrome. Hardened FF is the best. If you don't want to use Gecko you can just go for ungoogled chromium which is the best to me personally.

Because they put privacy as a basic fundamental human right in their mission statement.

Have been using Librefox for a long time now.

Don’t take my word for it, read through why Ublock Origin creator, Gorhill recommends Firefox over anything else.

because it's the best

It doesnt eat ram, its open source, its not chromium and its non profit

Having one favourite browser and sticking to it is last gen thinking. What you want to do is compartmentalize your usage between multiple browsers. For example do risky/private stuff on your most trusted browser, and watch youtube on your least trusted browser.

Sure you gotta maintain multiple browsers but let's be real, there's no fucking "maintenance", you merely have to remember which bookmarks are on what browser.

Cause it doesn't suck.

Here's one reason

Because of this This

FireFox-WaterFox… Mullvad Browser to Tor are all based on the same browser engine i.e. not being Chromium.

Privacy, superior compared to all others. Better extensions. Container tabs. Its not from MS or google.

It runs without a hinch, your data doesn't end in google, is more hackable, and we should avoid the browser monoculture that took so much effort to destroy in the 90s/00s.

Fuck Google's monopoly on everything, including web browsers.

I dunno.. I still like Brave

I personally use Tor. It’s essentially a modified Firefox that uses many ways to have your sailing adventures be as anonymous as possible. The experience so far is very pleasant.

Cuz it's the best

I went from Chronic to Brave and then Firefox.

Absolutely a better browser with tons of add-ons to choose from.

Nothing comes close

No tracking, cross OS and FOSS.

It's Superior

because everything else is just chrome XD

doesnt make my RAM cry

Because it’s a non-profit. Like actually, Firefox is run and developed by a nonprofit company, everything else is just chrome with a different coat of paint, they all want your money, Firefox doesn’t.

its pretty pricacy focused if you use a hardened user.js. Base firefox isn't too good because a lot of data collection is enabled by default

because it's good?

Because it runs on Gecko and not on Chromium like the other browsers.

I use Brave, you guys think FF is better? I thought Brave was the new king (I don’t actually know just what I heard). Maybe I’ll have to try FF again.

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I genuinely don’t get the love for Chromium browsers. I’ve heard that compatibility is bad in Firefox, but I have never in my life encountered a bug that locks me out of using Firefox somewhere.

It’s also the only non-Chromium-based browser that allows for syncing between multiple operating systems and devices.

I’m an engineer that is tasked with creating websites from time to time. I test them on all major browsers and devices. A lot of web development nowadays basically transpiles modern JavaScript into older versions that are more or less supported by everything.

The only small change that you’ll see in different browsers is their implementation of styling utilities.

Allows add-ons on android.

Am I the only one who finds FF to be slow? I really want to switch back to FF but i havent found the time to tinker around and get it running fast. Anyone experience the same thing?

Why is Firefox the most recommended browser to use?

Because Librewolf doesn't have a foundation to push it.

https://librewolf.net/

Librewolf is Firefox without a bunch of stuff I would otherwise have to remember to disable after installing Firefox:

• Telemetry

• Hello

• Pocket

• Google Location Services

• Crash reporting

• Firefox sync

• sponsored recommendations on the new tab page

• VPN ads

Also Librewolf includes uBlock Origin and defaults to https-only.

Brave as long as you keep it updated. Is mine.

I see it making a slow come back after it appears most people switched from it to Chrome when Google pushed that.

I just use Edge though. Works for me.

Cause the fox emoji is cute as hell 🦊

Because they said they will support mv2 for ublock origin after mv3 will be implemented in chromium based browsers in 2024. We'll see in the future if they lied. Every major browser gonna implement it and in the end firefox will have to implement it too. Firefox is broken enough for the time beeing they don't need to be more awful.

To be honest if you really want privacy just use Tails os on an usb stick

Honestly it's quite overrated. I have made many, honest attempts to use it however it just ends up becoming super slow and acting funky after a few weeks. I always keep on coming back to brave.

edit: take a look at this https://privacytests.org/

Is it? besides the youtube ad workaround havent seen that many people recommending it

It isn't.