Firefox used to be on top of the world with almost a third of all internet users using Firefox. These days, they make up a pitiful 2.7% of the market share. What happened? In this video, I want to show how Mozilla's terrible management and decisions have brought this once beloved browser down. How to make Firefox private: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8UFJzpNls Web browser tier list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5r6jFE8gic Why I still use Firefox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0SJFED5xK0 Credit to @BryanLunduke for his video talking about the finances of Mozilla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KDcxSZDang 🌐 My website: https://ericmurphy.xyz 💸 Support the Channel: https://ericmurphy.xyz/donate 🎥 Watch my videos on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@ericnmurphy 💻 My GitHub: https://github.com/ericmurphyxyz Sources: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/websites/ https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2021/mozilla-fdn-2021-fs-final-1010.pdf https://www.fakespot.com/privacy-policy https://getpocket.com/en/privacy/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/ https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/b-itch-to-boss/ https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363424/mozilla-layoffs-quarter-staff-250-people-new-revenue-focus https://twitter.com/lizardlucas42/status/1293232090985705478 https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/5/4496512/why-nintendos-satoru-iwata-refuses-to-lay-off-staff https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1217512049716035584 https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2018/09/26/eucodeondisinfo/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/the-dsa-is-not-a-justification-for-censorship/ 0:00 The fall of Firefox 1:34 Privacy promises 3:45 Why use Firefox, anyway? 4:42 Deals with the devil 7:08 Big business 8:24 Making the world a better place 9:54 Mozilla doesn't care about you 11:29 Firefox (lack of) Focus 12:02 Mismanaged funds 13:12 What happened to Firefox?

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Firefox used to be on top of the world with almost a third of all internet users using Firefox. These days, they make up a pitiful 2.7% of the market share. What happened? In this video, I want to show how Mozilla’s terrible management and decisions have brought this once beloved browser down.

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