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I've been holding on to my Firefox installation after switching back around ~2016 or so. I was on the Chrome bandwagon when they were the upstart (still have the comic from the launch!) but it didn't take long to see how dangerous things were getting with monoculture.

If you want to help, push back on all the anti-Firefox rhetoric that amplifies every little misstep that they take. Firefox is so much better from a user-respect perspective and the vitriol over little things (a couple of anonymous, tracking-free sponsored links on a new tab page?) are losing the plot.

>>mmastr+(OP)
Maybe they shouldn't have added the Pocket links if they didn't want the vitriol. Tracking or not (I'm still not 100% convinced that they're not), it doesn't look good when your browser greets you with that stuff. It's like entering a neighborhood and seeing a "checks cashed" store.

>>hot_gr+fa1
Thank you for providing an excellent example of what sort of comments contributed to our current situation.

>>mmastr+kn1
Sure, instead of blaming the people who added the feature, blame the people who don't like it.

>>hot_gr+6v1
And now we have WEI, thanks to the constant nitpicking and anti-evangelism from people like you.

>>mmastr+5x1
If those people seriously switched to Chrome just cause of Pocket, which I doubt, then sure. Otherwise, we're allowed to complain about a bad feature in the browser we use. Maybe the problem is people treating Firefox like a religion instead of just a better alternative to Chrome.