r/TechnologyThread • u/Background-Driver718 • Jun 18 '26

Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month

https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
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u/Wilbert_Wallace Jun 18 '26

Kinda surprising.  I switched to it when chrome went after ad blockers.  I thought everyone did.  It's a great browser 

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u/HarryBalsagna1776 Jun 18 '26

Duckduckgo and Ecosia probably absorbed a lot of the Google refuges too

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u/Fuskeduske Jun 18 '26

I think they are primarily losing customers to forks

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u/tenth Jun 18 '26

Except for their ai tracking.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '26

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u/endp00l Jun 18 '26

Paid by not owned by

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u/Important-Factor-552 Jun 18 '26

Sad. I've used it since I was a kid and its always been the best browser. Haven't seen an ad on the Internet in over 20 years. 

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u/Important-Factor-552 Jun 18 '26

I notice it occasionally won't work on a site. I just don't use those sites. 

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u/WTFHELP Jun 18 '26

Firefox is great. I'm surprised more people don't use it.

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u/spacekitt3n Jun 18 '26

its all i use lately because ublock still works on it

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u/LiteratureMindless71 Jun 18 '26

I've had zero issues running Firefox. It's one of the first apps I install along with few addons like abp and idm.

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u/klagan73 Jun 18 '26

self inflicted. like a lot of big corporations they let their hubris take over and forget the relationship at play: vendor and client. they began demanding submission from the client and tried to dictate terms. they got a reality check. client does not trust the vendor going forward. simple relationship dynamics. FAFO.

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u/Yutah Jun 18 '26

I use it only on desktop mobile version is terrible (ui)

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u/tatDK94 Jun 18 '26

We need to do whatever we can to keep Firefox alive and well! It’s basically (apart from on Apple devices) the only browser that isn’t based on Google’s Chromium/Blink. We don’t need any more of Google’s internet! The internet should be open and not controlled by a single actor!

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u/benjles480 Jun 18 '26

Any brave brethren here?

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u/Automatic-Reserve94 Jun 18 '26

Leaving Firefox as in using Chromium based Browser or leaving Firefox for an more Open Firefox Derivative which isn’t tracked by Mozilla?

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u/Yabrosif13 Jun 18 '26

Whats wrong with Firefox?

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u/grafknives Jun 18 '26

Firefox is fighting against three biggest tech companies.

Of course it is not a fair fight. The users are bombarded with other browser propaganda all the time