Despite some of its misses, Firefox still matters. Mozilla is pushing companies to be more private, and its key product is different at its core. The browser market is dominated by Google’s Chromium codebase and its underlying browser engine, Blink, the component that turns code into visual web pages. Microsoft’s Edge Browser, Brave, Vivaldi, and Opera all use adapted versions of Chromium. Apple makes developers use its WebKit browser engine on iOS. Other than that, Firefox’s Gecko browser engine is the only alternative in existence.
“This market needs variety,” Willemsen says. If Firefox diminishes further, there’ll be less competition for Chrome. “We need that difference for open internet standards, for the sake of preventing monopolies,” Willemsen says. Others agree. Everyone we spoke with for this story—inside and outside of Mozilla—says having Firefox flourish makes the web a better place. The trick is figuring out how to get there.
Download and start using Firefox if you don’t already, I made the switch back to Firefox after not using it for years and being a chrome person until 2020 and have never regretted it
Link to download Firefox. Link to article detailing how to import bookmarks/other data (including saved passwords!) from any browser (this article also includes a link specifically for more details about importing from IE/Edge or Chrome). Link to article detailing specifically how to switch from Chrome to Firefox making it incredibly easy for you!!
It’s absolutely worth it and can be done in just a few minutes and you can get set back up just how you were on your former browser.
Firefox is the only major browser designed for users, not for marketing, advertisers and profit. Support the good guys of the web!