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My argument is that Firefox should have functionality equivalent to uBlock Origin by default, so that less tech-savvy users who install the "privacy" focused browser actually get some without having to browse for extra add-ons and potentially install an inferior or outright malicious option.

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> My argument is that Firefox should have functionality equivalent to uBlock Origin by default

It largely does.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote...

That'll cause Firefox to get blacklisted by a large number of websites.

It doesn't take much for a website to determine that the Firefox user agent (or detectable fingerprint) results in zero advertising ROI. They'll block it outright and ask you to use Chrome.

Then Chrome wins.

Then you pretend to be Chrome, which you should do anyway to defeat fingerprinting.

Outside of running the Chrome process itself, you can't defeat fingerprinting. Even headless use can be detected.

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