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Is Firefox Fading Fast? A Deep Dive Into Its Decline and What Lies Ahead
Welcome to The Tech Minute. Firefox. Once a blazing fast browser, now crippled by privacy backslides, broken promises, and feature cuts. Back in February, Mozilla ditched its “Nope. Never have, never will” guarantee against selling personal data. Weeks later it announced AI as its 2025 focus—listed above privacy. Meanwhile, beloved sideline apps are dying. Pocket is shuttered despite loyal users grieving: “I’m grieving… loved the Kobo integration…” And Fakespot, a handy AI review checker, was dropped too. Core Firefox performance has cratered. Users report 30 percent slower load times, memory spikes, freezes, and broken JavaScript-heavy sites. As one journalist put it, “What was once a blazing-fast browser on Linux has become doggedly slow.” Larger problems loom: layoffs, 90 percent of revenue from Google, and just 1.9 percent market share. With antitrust clouds over Chrome, a Google breakup could spell Firefox’s end. It’s time to move on.
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By jawbreaker.ioWelcome to The Tech Minute. Firefox. Once a blazing fast browser, now crippled by privacy backslides, broken promises, and feature cuts. Back in February, Mozilla ditched its “Nope. Never have, never will” guarantee against selling personal data. Weeks later it announced AI as its 2025 focus—listed above privacy. Meanwhile, beloved sideline apps are dying. Pocket is shuttered despite loyal users grieving: “I’m grieving… loved the Kobo integration…” And Fakespot, a handy AI review checker, was dropped too. Core Firefox performance has cratered. Users report 30 percent slower load times, memory spikes, freezes, and broken JavaScript-heavy sites. As one journalist put it, “What was once a blazing-fast browser on Linux has become doggedly slow.” Larger problems loom: layoffs, 90 percent of revenue from Google, and just 1.9 percent market share. With antitrust clouds over Chrome, a Google breakup could spell Firefox’s end. It’s time to move on.
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