Firefox is the default web browser installed on most Linux distributions. It is a well-known browser by Mozilla that respects user privacy by design, and
I agree on your “don’t give 2 shits” observation. Many people I know don’t even use Chrome but the - still much worse - Samsung browser, and saying that FF is better functionally, speedier, etc. and only takes a second to install doesn’t help. They just don’t care. Same with ad-blockers: “You can have an ad-free internet, and all sites load must faster!” --> Reaction: “Meh… [shrug]”.
On the whole I never encounter sites that break significantly, let alone don’t run at all. Maybe I’m just lucky then :)
A lot of the more “advanced” web apps don’t “support” Firefox (though Firefox can usually run them with a user agent spoof). The browser version of Skype for example.
I agree on your “don’t give 2 shits” observation. Many people I know don’t even use Chrome but the - still much worse - Samsung browser, and saying that FF is better functionally, speedier, etc. and only takes a second to install doesn’t help. They just don’t care. Same with ad-blockers: “You can have an ad-free internet, and all sites load must faster!” --> Reaction: “Meh… [shrug]”.
On the whole I never encounter sites that break significantly, let alone don’t run at all. Maybe I’m just lucky then :)
A lot of the more “advanced” web apps don’t “support” Firefox (though Firefox can usually run them with a user agent spoof). The browser version of Skype for example.