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Firefox is the FreeBSD of browsers. Only good for very specific reasons as compared to Linux (Chromium).

Been using firefox for years and haven't encountered a single usecase-breaking issue. Can you explain why you feel that way?

And I'd add the only subpar-in-Firefox issues are caused by Google "accidentally" crippling performance of their pages/services, coupled with others optimising just/primarily for Chrome.

(But also, what Mozilla has been doing to Firefox last few years if both a travesty and a good thing.)

Well that's incorrect. I only use Firefox at home. Works fantastic.

I'm not saying it's bad (FreeBSD is good too), but there's no denying it's pushing itself into a niche corner.

What niche corner might that be?

A poor imitation of Google Chrome. Firefox could go off in it's own direction, but it doesn't.

Hardly. It’s been around for longer than Chrome, and Chrome has copied many of its features.

In terms of what it does well, it’s far better than Chrome. Fencing alone makes it better for almost everyone.

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