How long ago did you switch? I also switched around 2010 or so, but since a few years the performance is definitely acceptable and I’ve been using it for like 6 years now
I switched last year, so 22 years of Firefox.
For a year or two now you'd hear people moving back to ff because of improved performance but you decided to ditch ff after the improved performance. Strange.
I have a similar history, although a year or two ago I switched back to FF for everything other than development - I still find their dev tools far slower and less helpful than Chrome/Edge. For general use though, FF has been just fine and it has container tabs, which is pretty much a killer feature for me.
Firefox now is chromium too. They switched some time ago.
So firefox now is.. a worse chrome reskin. I use both daily and firefox is just not that good.
Mozilla foundation is completely not interested in getting firefox fixed to have its competetive advantage back - and to be the customizable browser.
I guess they are just happy to spend money on travel and side projects -> they just boost their CV to jump ship somewhere else.
I had been using Firefox since 2002, when it was called Phoenix.
I switched to a Chromium-based browser because the performance difference was noticable enough, and I am in the browser often enough, to finally throw in the towel and switch.
They have a huge amount of money coming in from Google. Why is this going to acquisitions like this and not towards strengthening the development so that it remains competitive? Or are they, and I am not aware?
If it doesn't remain competitive on things like performance, standards compliance, etc. there are very few reasons for the average user to choose Firefox over any other browser at the moment. The privacy-focus is good, but there are other browsers that do the same on Chromium.