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Title: 'Firefox Is Dead To Me'

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/17/1520...

Veteran columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols declared that Firefox was "dead"
to him in a scathing opinion piece Tuesday that cites Mozilla's strategic
missteps and the browser's declining technical performance as evidence of
terminal decline. Vaughan-Nichols argues that Mozilla has fundamentally
betrayed user trust by removing a longstanding promise never to sell personal
data from its privacy policy in February, replacing it with a weaker pledge
to "protect your personal information." The veteran technology writer also
criticized Mozilla's decision to discontinue Pocket, a popular article-saving
service, and Fakespot, which identified fake online reviews, while pursuing
what he called a misguided AI strategy. He cited user reports of Firefox
running up to 30% slower than Chrome, consuming excessive memory, and failing
to properly load major websites. Mozilla has also become financially more
vulnerable, he argued, noting CFO Eric Muhlheim's admission that the company
depends on Google for 90% of its revenue. According to federal data he cited,
Firefox holds just 1.9% of the browser market, leading him to conclude the
browser is "done."

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