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Private windows can let you do that, so you don't really need containers.

Having containers means you don't have to log in every time, and you can have multiple sessions open in different tabs in the same window.

I have multiple sites like Github, Dropbox etc where I have multiple accounts I'd like to access separately. Typically private account vs work account, but also other scenarios.

Containers makes this a breeze.

In addition, at least Firefox only has a single private session. So if I open a site in one private window and another in a different one, they're in the same session, sharing cookies etc. Not so with different containers.

I find this a horrible usecase for me, I keep my password managers separate from my work provided one and my personal one. Containers don't solve this, and I use profiles, which I have to be thankful for MultiFirefox for fixing it. But only on MacOS.

I don't understand why fixing profiles isn't a priority, I find the usecase for them is completely different to containers which are awesome in a completely different way.

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