Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would you save it?

Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by BossingAround on Monday February 14, 2022 @04:01PM (#30338287)

I don't understand what you need. Go and try Firefox. As a person that uses Firefox as a daily driver, both at work and at home usage, I can't recall when I had to switch to Chrome. In 2010, maybe. I don't know what other "awe-inspiring endorsement" you need.

Firefox did not save my marriage nor did it make me a million dollars, no.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by paulcole on Monday February 14, 2022 @06:51PM (#30340337)

Do you use Firefox because it’s a better browser or because of philosophical reasons? If it’s the former, then I want to know that somebody thinks it’s the best way to browse the web. If it’s the latter, then tell me it’s worse but the politics of supporting Google are distasteful to you.

Don’t tell me it’s “very usable” because I’m going to interpret it as the latter which may or may not be correct.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by na85 on Monday February 14, 2022 @11:24PM (#30342763)

>I want to know that somebody thinks it’s the best way to browse the web

I think it's the best way to browse the web.

Chrome on Android, at least, doesn't allow ad blocking. Who the fuck in The Year of Our Lord 2022 doesn't use ad blocking?

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by paulcole on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @09:55AM (#30347208)

I actually don't use ad blocking. If there are ads and I don't want to see them, then I don't visit that site again. The site has chosen their business model and I can choose which sites I want to visit.

I also like buying things that I might like, so seeing ads (and ads that are targeted to me) isn't necessarily a bad thing to me.

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