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But in that case they're Firefox "users", not Rust users. This distinction matters because the use of Rust is just a technical detail which ultimately the user doesn't really care about. They're benchmarking Firefox, not Rust.

Therefore the onus is on Firefox to provide a good user experience.

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Firefox is for browsing the web and rust is for writing software. Neither is for stress testing or benchmarking the users computer. That would be like arguing that your thermos manufacturer is responsible for providing a good experience to the user using it to hammer nails.

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