I can't speak for everyone, but as a certified Firefox Preferrer my concern is this:
One day I will update my browser (after putting it off for a few days since the "restart Firefox to apply updates" button appears) and my user chrome will be moved around to make room for some new star/diamond-shaped button or additional side-panel, then I'll have to dig around in the settings or about:config to disable it and maybe even tweak my userChrome.css to accommodate it. From then on my list of things to do every time I set up Firefox on a new device will be one item longer, and I will feel ever more like my core tools do not have my interests at heart as I have to hack away at extraneous bits and pop open the hood to fiddle with knobs to get them to work normally without looking like a billboard for useless and half-abandoned features.
Exactly this. Every second update, there is something new that I typically disable or revert. The amount of stuff that is added and not opt-in in the last few years is just tiring.
It was that coupled with his oddly specific statement of banning ad blockers bringing in $150mm like they modeled it already. Two exact opposite statements you'd want from the CEO of the last bastion of sanity in the internet browser landscape.
idle_zealot|2 months ago
One day I will update my browser (after putting it off for a few days since the "restart Firefox to apply updates" button appears) and my user chrome will be moved around to make room for some new star/diamond-shaped button or additional side-panel, then I'll have to dig around in the settings or about:config to disable it and maybe even tweak my userChrome.css to accommodate it. From then on my list of things to do every time I set up Firefox on a new device will be one item longer, and I will feel ever more like my core tools do not have my interests at heart as I have to hack away at extraneous bits and pop open the hood to fiddle with knobs to get them to work normally without looking like a billboard for useless and half-abandoned features.
7bit|2 months ago
asdff|2 months ago