Long-time Firefox User Considers Switching After 20 Years of Use
By
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Toasted golden, schmeared with insight. Top of the rack.
Summary
A long-time Firefox user since 2005 reflects on their 20+ year relationship with the browser, expressing growing frustration with recent issues and considering switching to alternatives. The author recounts their initial discovery of Firefox during Army training, their loyalty through the browser wars, but now faces disappointment with performance problems, privacy concerns, and questionable decisions by Mozilla that have eroded their trust. The article serves as a personal reflection on whether Firefox has lost its way and if it's time for the author to move on.
Key quotes
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I've always been a magpie for the new shiny, so when I saw his browser, I asked him about it.
I've been using Firefox for over 20 years at this point, but after a stream of cock-ups, I'm thinking about moving on.
He told me about it being a fork of Netscape
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