@dangillmor
As long as you have the time to go through about:config and remove every Google API (Firefox would not exist if not for Google paying Mozilla to include this) and disable all built in spyware (in Windows terminology "telemetry") and every adware "study". And do so before you plug in the network.
Yes, Firefox allows you to disable most , but it has been shown repeatedly to be the browser that transmits the most data on first launch, to prevent you from turning any spyware off before they get your data. Here Firefox fans usually jump in to say that the leaked data isn't something we should care about, but an actual privacy focused browser wouldn't be capable of this, because it wouldn't have any data to transmit.
I switched from Firefox to #vivaldi many years ago, a browser whose user base cares so much about privacy that there was an outcry when they were caught counting the number of users. The #vivaldi company is still careful not to make that mistake again.
@dangillmor
By "careful not to make the same mistake again" I mean every time #vivaldi improves their automatic update process, I see blog posts musing about how to do this without download servers being able to track downloads. Which needs to be prevented client side, not just turned off at the server, because anyone can pretend to do that.
Firefox market share is around 3% (down from around 40% when Mozilla still cared about their users), while #vivaldi market share is a rough guess because #vivaldi doesn't track users and market share trackers can't because #vivaldi shows as Chrome.
Mozilla pretends to care about privacy the same way they pretend to hire developers and their CEO pretends to be worth her salary.
@dangillmor If you’re used to the way Chrome looks, try Brave Browser instead. Privacy is their USP. They also have their own search engine and VPN. https://brave.com
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