It's the most customizable, has the most advanced add ons system, syncs well between mobile and PC (though sadly with no tablet app), and it's not part of the Chrome hegemony. Lately it has become faster and faster!
It's the only browser made for users.
On PC:
On Android:
Been using it for 7-8 years and only seen it improve. A few gripes to deal with, but I'm happy otherwise.
Because not using Chrome or Edge is a must.
I used Edge, because it's genuinely an extremely feature packed browser, but when Google announced the manifest v3, I jumped to Firefox.
Unpopular Lemmy opinion, but I hate it. Firefox always freezes on desktop, especially on YouTube. Firefox on Android feels like it was developed for Android 8.0 and never updated. And the worst part is there's a bug on the desktop version in the print preview window when it comes to printing shipping labels, so I have not been able to use Firefox for my company for over 8 months now.
I've reported the bug every time Firefox updates and the bug persists, but Mozilla doesn't give a shit. It's so frustrating.
Open source, private, not chrome. Because I've been using it for over a decade.
Desktop:
Mobile
I dont use Firefox as it comes on any device, as this is unusable. But with hardening its simply the most secure browser
I’ve used it on and off over the years; ever since 2004/2005 or so.
Firebug was amazing for web development back in the days when it was just IE, Firefox & Safari.
I recently built a couple of sites (for a sim racing community) and one of my users mentioned a Firefox bug. I fixed the issue but then realized I need to be more aware of Gecko specific rendering issues. I decided to use Firefox for a week on my iPhone (yes I know, still technically Safari) and my desktop, and I forgot how much I like it.
I also don’t love the choices Chrome has been making recently.
Firefox’s market share is so low lately when compared to Safari and Chrome that it honestly feels like the battle is already lost.
It's not Chrome, and it does everything I want.
I just think it's neat.
It was my first browser. I used IE to download it.
When I changed computers I did use Chrome for a bit. Then Vivaldi because it was better to me (I liked the split window browsing)
Saw mention that Chrome and all related browsers were about to kill adblockers. Returned home to Firefox immediately.
I don’t feel a need to change right now, but have heard of Waterfox and Librewolf as potential forks. They’re in my mind if I ever feel the need.
Switched at the mere mention of losing my adblock. Have never looked back (besides when some shitty dev doesn't make their website compatible, looking at you comed)
Free Software for free people!
It's not chrome and it's open-source
It's the least greasy browser that actually works with the modern web.
Because it's better in every way?
I use it since it's inception 20 years ago. And stuck with ever since. It was one of the first FOSS projects with a mass appeal. In Germany we even had a crowd funded ad campaign in 2004 in that I took part and all that felt very optimistic and cool. And I just always stuck with it and always used it as my main browser. When Chrome took over, Google was already the dystopic mega corp so I was never tempted to use it. Sure I installed it, but hardly ever used it. But I never had big problems regarding speed or resource-hunger. And it keeps improving.
TLDR I'm very nostalgic about FF and will never drop it.
manifest v3
I've just been using it for as long as I can remember, so I guess brand loyalty is one reason. Also, I always get annoyed when I have to use another browser like Edge and Chromium. The last reason is that Mozilla actually advocates for an open web in the organization that develops Internet standards (as I understand it), so I would prefer to give them my tacit support, buy not using browsers from corporations that benefit from me as a users and go against open standards.
Addon support on Android, cross platform sync. I don't need any other reason
I just started using it for Android the last month or so when Chrome dropped the flag feature that let you toggle dark mode for websites with system dark mode.
I have a VPN with an adblocker so that aspect of Chrome never bothered me so much. Chrome felt like it worked slightly smoother but at the end of the day a browser is a browser and Firefox does the job. (Samsung's browser is actually surpringly good for those with a Samsung device looking for a Chrome alternative)
Firefox does seem more trustworthy overall, although I've learned by now that trusting tech companies is not a sensible thing to do.
Nothing based on Chrome is an option because Google is evil and thinks it can control my computer, Brave customer service literally made fun of me for not liking the way they took over my homepage regularly years ago, Opera is just adware, and Firefox is about all that's left. Even though it's losing more options every update and on mobile it's complete garbage now with everything centered around their homepage so they can try to serve me ads that I can luckily turn off for now.
Why do you use Chrome?
because its not chromium
I have been using Firefox ever since. Never really had a reason to switch to something else.
Container tabs, it respects my privacy, and brave started randomly not painting pages
I like it and I don't like google
Add-ons on mobile. Plus, Chrome is slowly but surely gimping their ad-blocking extensions.
Why not?
Because fuck Chromium
Web extension manifest v2 ublock origin
It's not Chrome. Are there really any other good options at this point?
fast, no web environment integrity, not run by a tech giant, no anticonsumer changes, NO CHROMIUM, goog wayland support
To counter a monopoly
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