FF users include both normal people and freaking evangelists trying to spread privacy.
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fin@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago99% of their users are not these things
I don’t think so. People using Firefox are freaking evangelists trying to spread privacy. And if Firefox should lose those people, it will truly be the end
mrvictory1@lemmy.world 2 months ago
hotpot8toe@lemmy.world 2 months ago
99% was referring to them not being both tech savy and extremely privacy conscious. I don’t disagree that the appeal of Firefox is better privacy. I just don’t think the average user is looking to absolutely remove every drop of data collected. I mean just look at the default Firefox homepage it comes with. It has sponsored shortcuts and sponsored stories. They put them there because the average user actually clicks on them. If everyone was privacy conscious like you say, they would turn off the feature and Firefox wouldn’t keep it because they don’t make money from it. But that’s obviously not the case.
Paradox@lemdro.id 2 months ago
And these days, privacy is basically the only appeal of Firefox. It’s slower than chrome or webkit based browsers, hangs out with Safari in terms of standards support, and can’t hold a candle to either other browser when it comes to battery life. Why mozilla seems determined to throw that all away is beyond me
ParetoOptimalDev@lemmy.today 2 months ago
The last time I looked at performance and energy benchmarks Firefox was winning.
Feyd@programming.dev 2 months ago
Sources?