It’s the right balance between privacy and usability. Chrome or Edge is a no-go. Librewolf sound nice, but out of the box it’s a little too private (refuses to save any state between sessions) making it too inconvenient.

Because I have been using the same web browser, in terms of ideology, heritage, and codebase, for the last 30 years.

I mean, it’s hardly perfect. But it’s far better than the alternative (Chrome & derivatives). And now that Tab Mix Plus is available again (albeit in a somewhat unstable non-webstore XPI that requires you to hack Firefox to successfully install), I’m loving Firefox & LibreWolf all the more.

I used to use it way back when it first came out and I was a huge fan, but about the time Chrome was becoming a mainstream alternative I started to have a lot of difficulty with adblockers not working and webpages that refused to load on anything other than Internet Explorer or Chrome, so I switched.

Heard about some of the shady shit going down recently in the Googlesphere and decided it was time to switch back and I’m happy to report that everything runs smoothly again.

Main reason is that I can use my own sync server, I don’t trust Google nor Mozilla to store my passwords, bookmarks and history, etc. but I trust myself.

Second reason is that it’s the only non Webkit related browser left after IE, Opera gave up on their own rendering engine, so once Google decides to implement anti-features there is almost no way around it anymore. I like to think that if at least I use it, it will somehow stay relevant enough that the W3C can keep existing and Google needs at least engage in some kind of conversation about their anti-features instead of just implementing them and forcing it on everyone automatically.

Third, uBlock origin works very well, even on my Android mobile phone.

Because it’s good

I switched when they added tabs in version 1.5 (I think) and it’s pretty much the only browser I’ve seriously used since.

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Originally (more than a decennia ago) because it had better customizability, later because it was less memory hungry.

Years ago it was the only customizable browser, that’s why I started using it. Today it still is the most customizable one, even though other browsers started supporting add-ons and themes too.

Best non-chromium browser. More customisable.

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Ad block on mobile. Ad block on YouTube.

It’s the least greasy browser that actually works with the modern web.

I just think it’s neat.

Doesn’t wake up one day and decide to DRM the Web or kill the adblcker.