>Firefox

Definitely not. It certainly no longer belongs in "the original vision of the internet" category. Not when it wants to be a part of evil forces seeking to police the internet.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplat...

https://www.eutimes.net/2021/01/thousands-are-uninstalling-f...

https://reclaimthenet.org/firefox-maker-mozilla-calls-for-mo...

But Firefox protects you from advertising networks the best. uBlock Origin works best in Firefox:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

Sounds like "the original vision of the internet" to me.

I initially did not want to bring this up, but Firefox literally changed my default search engine from DuckDuckGo to Google after I updated it yesterday.

No opt-in, no user input, no warning, no nothing. Just shoved Google down the user's throat.

Do you know where Mozilla gets its money from?

I update Firefox all the time and it doesn't change my default search engine. Now what?

Are you using Mozilla's Firefox builds or a Linux distribution's builds of Firefox?

Win10 119.0.1 (64-bit)

Doesn't happen for me on Windows or macOS. It sounds a lot like you're construing an anecdotal incident as a grand conspiracy.

I don't think that was due to Mozilla pushing Google. I have Firefox configured with DuckDuckGo on all my devices and this has never happened to me on an update.

You mean the least worst?

No, I mean the best. Firefox provides features that uBlock Origin uses that other browsers don't provide.

Better than all other major browsers != good

Since the only real competition is chromium, safari, and edge, the bar is astoundingly low.

Thank you!

And blocking all extensions by default on Firefox mobile.... At least you can create an add-on collection to bring them back but Mozilla is evil nowadays.

Hrm: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/11/01/is-your-extension...

It's like they're doing exactly the opposite of what you think they're doing.

Internet theorizing rarely leads you anywhere useful. It's much better to look at practical realities than invent fantasies.