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I definitely want this, but the only reason I use Facebook Container is because it's an official Mozilla addon. I encouraged Mozilla to pursue a Google version, but it seems like they've declined for now, and were just looking to capitalize on the press wave about Facebook.

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I'm curious, why not just use Firefox Multi-Account Container[1] and setup Facebook and Google to open in its own container[3]?

The way I see Facebook Container (as an outside who have been using Multi-Account Container for a while) is that it tried to ride on the Delete Facebook wave few months ago to make people aware of Multi-Account Container functionality, so these Google Container/Reddit Container/etc. always seems weird to me.

[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

[2]: https://imgur.com/KZuJmgq

Facebook container has tha two main benefits over multi-account containers, which is that it requires zero setup, and that when you click a link on Facebook it drops out of the container.

As a workaround for your second point, it is possible to right-click a link and use "Open Link in New Container Tab » No Container". Still a workaround though.

> I encouraged Mozilla to pursue a Google version, but it seems like they've declined for now

Doesn't Mozilla get a significant fraction of its revenue from their search deal with Google?

$539m of their $562m revenue last year came from "royalty deals" like Google. They don't break out specifics, but I'd guess Google is a significant contributor.

That's millions, not thousands, in case someone didn't know.

Crazy how high a percent that is...

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