Don't forget, Firefox didn't succeed because Firefox was good, it succeeded beca...

postepowanieadm · 2025-10-06T19:14:02 1759778042

I'm not sure about it - there were other contestants: Opera, Netscape, even the big Mozilla Suite.

Klonoar · 2025-10-06T22:42:48 1759790568

Those other browsers are footnotes in the browser wars era of 2000s IE6 territory.

Yes, even Opera - it never hit the heights that Firefox did outside of niche markets, even though they were great about a lot of other things.

npteljes · 2025-10-06T18:51:15 1759776675

Ad blockers were another huge draw, in my experience.

liquid_thyme · 2025-10-07T17:22:43 1759857763

Not anymore..

https://imgur.com/a/CARfuHZ

npteljes · 2025-10-07T21:04:32 1759871072

Ad-blockers are not just for YouTube. Moreover, addons can still be a draw for Firefox. For example, the built-in Multi-Container addon, and the ones that build on it, are very useful privacy and web testing tools.

liquid_thyme · 2025-10-07T22:15:06 1759875306

My prediction is that they're going to slowly ban them from their properties, and also from websites where their ads are hosted. They will slowly pressurize Mozilla and anyone else they're funding.