Firefox lost 50M users since 2019 • Hacker News Board

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by freediver » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 5:54 AM UTC

Fun fact: Under current conditions (200M users) it looks like Google is paying $2-2.25 per active user annually to be the default search engine in Firefox.

"Mozilla renewed its search deal with Google in 2020 for three years. The organization will receive an estimate of $400 to $450 million per year from the deal alone. "

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/12/10/mozillas-revenue-jumped-to...

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by Tomte » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 5:56 AM UTC

metabagel wrote: post #10

I still use Firefox on my iPhone and computer. It generally works great.

I would use it if they implemented the content blocking API on iOS.

I can use Firefox Focus as ad blocker with Safari, but not with Firefox!

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by hidden-spyder » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 5:58 AM UTC

I am a Firefox user on all my devices and will be so until the Mozilla Foundation stands, but my gut feeling tells me that Firefox won't bounce back from its downfall.

I still wish for it to become the browser with most users.

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by pupppet » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 5:58 AM UTC

With Google's relentless Chrome dickbars for anyone daring to use one of their services without it, I don't see how any other browser stands a chance.

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by toper-centage » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 5:58 AM UTC

It's honestly a pity. Firefox is it perfect but the Internet is becoming worse because of chrome. Google is able to fast track any non standard Web tech and the hordes follow. Soon after, that become the standard. I don't want to cheer for a broken browser, but only Safari is able to stop this madness now.

Also, Firefox on the Desktop is really good and still let's you do so much more than chrome clones. But it suffers specially when using Google websites.

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by DJBunnies » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 5:58 AM UTC

I try to use it as my daily driver, but it really sucks.

Audio issues, logged out of everything issues, auto fill issues, it just doesn’t work in Firefox issues.

Containers made me want to like it, but cmon.

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by amatecha » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 6:00 AM UTC

Hmm, conversely, I switched to Firefox (from Chrome) as my main web browser this year!

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by Rebelgecko » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 6:00 AM UTC

I moved back to FF after Quantum but haven't been happy with the latest round of UI changes (which also seems to have turned the buttery performance of quantum into a stuttery mess on my machine)

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by bobsmooth » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 6:01 AM UTC

Anyone else install ESR to avoid the new interface?

Re: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019

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Post by djanogo » Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 6:06 AM UTC

FF CPU usage is terrible compared to Safari on OSX, they need to put more effort to make it as efficient as Safari. May be increased sales of ARM based Macbooks will help them.

Just watch a twitch stream on Firefox vs Safari, there is at least 10c CPU temp difference between 2 browsers