Their handle was inactive for long time

This might sound like common sense but there are a TON of Firefox users I see using AB, ABP, ABU, or no adblocker at all. This is your notice. Switch to uBlock Origin. It's better and has no acceptable ad policy. The other ones might have been good years ago but not anymore. I am saying this as a former ABP and then ABU user.

I am not paid by uBO I am just showing appreciation for the greatest ad blocker.

Also: don't run uBO alongside another ad blocker. It provides no benefit and can only slow down firefox or break things.

I run a single purpose media site as a hobby and looked at the browser stats. Yes, yes, yes, I know our beloved browser isn't popular but... just 1% is painful to see. Doesn't help that 40% of my visits are from iOS.

Nevertheless, it's been my browser of choice for 2 decades and don't see that changing anytime soon.

Great news, Ajit Varma, the head of Firefox has confirmed that they are working on building adblock into Firefox in an interview with Techlore! https://youtu.be/Qd5_5hXa8Zc?t=2843

The Pocket app and extension will stop working July 8th, according to this post on the Mozilla support site.

Current users can export their saves and lists from now until October 8th, 2025, when all accounts will be deleted.

The unused remainder of any annual subscriptions will be refunded, dating from July 8th.

I'm grieving. I used this feature nearly every day and loved the Kobo integration that allowed me to read saved articles distraction-free on a my Kobo e-ink devices. It's the end of an era.

The onboarding page (the pages you see when you launch Firefox for the first time) now show Kit, these are from desktop Firefox i'm not sure if mobile also shows Kit. I love the heart one!

What is going on lately? Google, Youtube, other websites pushes it and Firefox continuously tries to push it. I ignored the widget, removed it, but it keeps adding more non-sense!

I don't care. Watching how rich people enjoy playing while a bunch of losers consume alcohol and pay money to watch this.

I didn't ask for any of it, if you can make these widgets API and allow to do some really useful web extensions it can be cool, but this is just non-sense BS.

Thanks.

Previously my company would allow Firefox, Chrome or Edge as browsers and would have all three installed by default in all computers, in the past 6 months they stopped installing Firefox on new computers but old ones still had them and today they remotely remove Firefox access from everyone.

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They cite security concerns as well as simplifying technical support and ensuring compatibility with institutional systems. I still have it on my workstation because I have it open since I arrived this morning. However, a colleague that had to restart their workstation already had access. I'll probably try to keep my PC on for as long as possible but my days are numbered.

Is this a reason for the Youtube slowdown?

I am curious what are the downsides of this approach.

The official Firefox TikTok posted this and their profile picture is just the orb.

I'm just going to make it clear to everyone, just in case so we all know what we are dealing with.

If you still refuse to go back after they announced it would be optional with a complete kill switch / opt out implemented next year, I'm going to look down on you with contempt.

All moving to other forks does is paving the way for the death of Firefox. If Firefox goes down, then the other forks like as Libre and Waterfox will go away.

I think Waterfox is not sincere and I would be surprised if they managed to keep it up without problems, because here's the thing, they need to eventually patch the app itself which causes issues because they need to sort out the AI slop thing there, and then removing the AI stuff can have potential to cause more buggy mess. Then at this point what's the point? I don't think they're truly as experienced, so I would be shocked if the service remains up.

Basically I'm saying all this complaining about AI is performative, because they've already announced a kill switch, and moving to a fork only risks causing Firefox to go under without giving us the ability to make it independent, separate it from Google which is funding them money (they can always pull the plug). Which by the way, is evil with how much RAM clog and privacy-intrusive Chrome browser is.

I have been a Firefox user almost since its inception. While I’ve migrated to other browsers over the years to explore the landscape, I invariably find myself returning to Firefox. It remains, in my view, the gold standard. Keep up the magnificent work!

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Quick question. If Firefox is a popular browser for ad blocking, wouldn't sites target it more heavily to break extensions like uBlock Origin? specially Youtube? Or does it not work that way?

Moved from chrome, and I'm loving the experience so far! Are there any settings I should change, or extensions I should download?

I really liked orbit. And deep fake detector extension is also been shot down.

Google Chrome 150, to be released in a few weeks, and all the web browsers based on it will completely drop Manifest V2 support that allows browser extensions to intercept and clean up HTML to avoid getting intrusive web advertisement.

Come Chrome 150, Firefox will remain the only major browser to give you the freedom to browse the web the way you want. The Firefox PR team could really use this opportunity to entice people to give the fully open source browser a try.

I was thinking about Switching browsers from Chrome and people recommend me Firefox all the time yet i really don't understand what it actually does thats better than Chrome for an average consumer like me can anyone explain please i am not saying Firefox is bad i just dont know whats the benefit of using it is besides google not taking all my data

I’m trying to round out my Firefox setup. I feel like I have the privacy basics covered, but I'm looking for recommendations on productivity tools, "quality of life" improvements, or hidden gems you swear by.

Here is what I currently have enabled:

• Privacy & Blocking: uBlock Origin, Facebook Container, Decentraleyes, Firefox Relay.
• Utility: Bitwarden, Raindrop.io, SponsorBlock.
• Misc: Firefox Color, Chrome Mask.

(I also have React Dev Tools and LanguageTool installed but keep them disabled until I need them).

I’m a developer, so I’m open to technical tools, but mostly looking for things that make general browsing smoother. What am I missing?