This is like when people defend Windows 11's nonsense by saying "you can disable or remove that stuff". Yes, you can. But you shouldn't have to, and I personally prefer to use tools which don't shove useless things into the tool because it's trendy.
not to mention firefox routinely blows up any policies you set during upgrades, incompatibilities, and an endless about:config that is more opaque than a hunk of room temperature lard.
The difference is that on Windows all unwanted features eventually become mandatory, with no way of switching them off. With Firefox, it never happens.
> Mozilla hasn't had the benefit of the doubt for quite a while here
In contrast to Google Chrome? This is just FUD. Ublock Origin is still working and will be working. Full customization is still there and isn't going away. All of that is unlike in Chrom(ium).
This is not a thread comparing Mozilla to Google. This is a thread where we worry about how a non google browsing alternative stays alive. Of course none of us posting here trusts Google.
How is this different from linux? People happily spend hours customizing defaults in their OS. It’s usually a point of praise for open source software.
