I’ve been using it for years, first out of disdain for Internet Explorer, now out of disdain for Google Chrome. I just do not trust the corpos at all, and Firefox has always been solid(outside of a few years in the '10s).

Because it’s privacy focused. Also because it’s not based on Chromium. It’s the only one keeping us from having a Google browser monopoly

Because it’s one of the last few browsers that’s usable and not based on Chrome/Chromium

Becuase the other browsers suck.

• Open source
• Reasonably privacy respecting (could be better OOB)
• Extensions that further enhance privacy and remove unwanted annoyances from pages
• Cool logo

good balance of functionality and privacy. keeps my tabs synced between mobile and desktop. that’s…that’s about it.

Because it’s not actively trying to make ad-blockers not work like Chrome.

It’s a great OSS browser. There should be at least one alternative rendering engine to Googles Chromium.

To stay away from the influence of google’s business practices and their influence on chromium.

Because I enjoy freedom and privacy

Coolest logo

Because it’s extensions have so much more access to the software. Privacy is easy. The biggest of all is Temporary containers. That extension is a godsend for developers.

Because I like it, it ain’t Google and it looks great on my gnome desktop.

Chrome did something that annoyed me a couple of years ago. I can’t even remember what it did. I just remember going “you have annoyed me for the final time! I’m replacing you with Firefox!” I wish I could say it was because Google is evil, but it may well have been something far more petty.

[Meta] I don’t think there’s a need to cross-post this within Beehaw. Beehaw is low-activity as it is (in terms of new posts) so most people here would be just browsing new/local so they’d be seeing this post in their feed twice.

Even if you’re not browsing by local, most people in this community would likely also be subscribed to the Technology community as well, so again, there’s a double-up.