This austrian guy for example, from NeuralNine channel. He does a lot of high quality tutorials on YouTube, often involving complex math.
Today I was checking his channel and I discovered he uses Firefox. And I've seen this pattern previously, where someone that I admire and that takes my interest turns out to use Firefox as a default browser.

Do you guys know what causes this pattern?

>>105556112 (OP)
actually used technology before it was "cool" because back then firefox was the best and chrome dominated because advertising it everywhere and basically pestering everyone off of firefox.
it also allows more customization and extensions.
if you have a decent computer then any differences between the browsers performance is insignificant.
they probably also dont like the idea of giving the most powerful data scraping conglomerate more than they have to, even though that might be futile while using firefox which gets its bread form them.

The smartest people use lynx actually

I use firefox because I think Foxes are cute

>default browser installed on loonix
>all the smart use firefox!
you are THIS stupid

>>105556112 (OP)
>Do you guys know what causes this pattern?
Oh vey I wonder why intelligent people refuse to use a browser that was literally made by an evil advertisement company. What could be the thought process here? What could possibly be the pattern?

>>105556112 (OP)
idk if there's any correlation to intelligence. I'm pretty dumb and I use Firefox because I gave up on different browsers a long time ago once I configured it to my liking

>>105556112 (OP)
its the default browser on linux
>>105556224
mozilla is, in practice, a subsidiary of that same evil advertisement company

I used Firefox before version 1. I am not switching to something else. Any improvements performance wise etc I'd get from it are negated by things like manifest v2 depreciation/removal. I trusted Google a lot more back when Chrome was first released but I was still skeptical about it. After they succeeded in pretty much taking over the browser market and making Chromium the standard like IE at it's peak that's when they decided they can redefine how you are allowed to use the browser that's installed on your machine. Before some apologist faggot screeches about gorhill and says ublock alternatives are fine I'll let them know I use other extensions to manipulate the headers and other requests in ways not allowed by v3. I made the right decision not trusting Google. Zero regrets. I don't care how many posts you make about trannies and fags and sjws. A browser I have control over is more important.

>>105556112 (OP)
Firefox is crucial for maintaining a competitive and healthy internet, primarily by preventing Google Chrome from establishing a browser engine monopoly. Unlike most other browsers that utilize Google's Chromium engine, Firefox relies on its independent Gecko engine. This diversity is vital as it prevents Google from unilaterally dictating web standards and the internet's direction, thereby acting as a crucial check and balance against potential single-engine dominance. The historical dangers of browser monocultures, exemplified by Microsoft's past Internet Explorer dominance, underscore Firefox's role in promoting a more open and innovative web.

Beyond preventing a monoculture, Firefox fosters innovation and user choice by pushing Chrome to continuously improve. Its historical focus on user privacy, implementing features like Enhanced Tracking Protection, has influenced other browsers to adopt similar measures. This competitive pressure benefits all users by encouraging better performance, security, and features across the board. Furthermore, Firefox's commitment to open source and user customization empowers users with greater control over their Browse experience, contributing to a more diverse and user-centric online environment.

Finally, Firefox's existence plays a significant role in ongoing antitrust discussions surrounding Google's market dominance. While paradoxically reliant on Google for much of its revenue through default search engine deals, Firefox highlights the very issues regulators are scrutinizing—namely, Google's control over the search market and potential anti-competitive practices. By actively advocating for an open web and contributing to the debate on effective antitrust remedies, Mozilla (Firefox's parent organization) emphasizes the need for competition to ensure a user-centric and innovation-driven internet, preventing a scenario where a single entity dictates the future of the web.

>>105556272
They are not selling data to them and the adblocker actually works

>>105556112 (OP)
it spies on you less than chrome and edge.

>>105556300
>summarize this LLM text into 2 sentences.
By using its independent Gecko engine to prevent a Google Chrome monopoly, Firefox provides crucial competition that fosters market-wide innovation in areas like user privacy and security. Consequently, Firefox's very existence acts as a check on Google's power, making it a central element in antitrust discussions and the broader fight for an open web.

>>105556112 (OP)
Furry sex

the only piece of software I've reliably used across all of my computers and operating systems spanning 30+ years. Yeah I'll keep using it I guess.

I wrote my own extensions for firefox and I guess the customization appeals to me compared to Chrome. And it was likely due to me being a poorfag before and Firefox was where I learned everything.

>>105556430
You used Netscape Navigator?

>>105556334
>Consequently, Firefox's very existence acts as a check on Google's power,
it's sad how many retards actually believe these jewish lies

>>105556112 (OP)
I'm stupid and I still use firefox :-/

>>105556112 (OP)
I dropped Firefox when they were being extremely, extremely obnoxious about Net Neutrality back during Trump 1.0.
Guess what: the jeet killed net neutrality, and none of the bad things Mozilla said would happen, happened. Fuck Mozilla.

>>105557497
NTA but I used netscape navigator for browsing demo discs on windows 95 before I had internet, briefly used internet explorer when I did get online for a year or so then switched to mozilla suite > phoenix > firebird > firefox > chrome > firefox/librewolf

>>105556175
Close, but not quite.

>>105556112 (OP)
thread reminds me of that article
>Interracial cuckoldry, the fetish for intellectual men
yeah bro, being able to follow rules like an obedient good doggy in college and memorizing things like an ape can is definitely what makes you intelligent, but do ignore the fact that you support and shill for pozilla that blatantly hates you as a white man

>>105556112 (OP)
Smart people use Linux and most Linux distros come with Firefox as the default browser.

>>105558529
smart people tend to believe extremely stupid things. smartness is no guarantee of not being a fucking clown. using firefox is clownish.

>>105556112 (OP)
The literal only reason Im using firefox is because it does not resample audio and lets me use high quality pipewire resampling with my excellent DAC. Other than that Id use brave, but brave garbles the audio

>>105556112 (OP)
The only reason i'm still currently using firefox(esr) is because it's the only viable good option (comparatively speaking) inside my distro core repo. I like to keep everything tight, clean and crosscompatible with the rest of the distribution so adding third part repos isn't something i like. I'm trying other browsers through flatpak though because this way i can keep those compartmentalized from my system configuration.

I only use Firefox because it's the least worst option. I really want to switch to Ladybird eventually.

>>105558549
>t. zoomer that cant use it's filesystem

>>105556112 (OP)
asmongold uses firefox
the rest all use opera gx

really makes you think

>>105556112 (OP)
bc using firefox is the smart option, no matter how mozila is mismanaged by their consultant and mba directive
but here chuds sethe for retarded reasons, as the other options are worse

>>105556112 (OP)
if he is using Firefox then he is not that smart.

>>105556182
same

>>105556112 (OP)
Netscape -> Mozilla Browser -> Firefox
It's a straight line of sophistication.

>>105556112 (OP)
because its the best browser duhh

also most of them just use the default apps on their systems and firefox is literally the default browser for almost all the linux distros

>>105556300
@Grok did you write this?

>>105558514
Yet you were the first person here to bring up cuckoldry and black cocks

>>105561331
Content creators use Opera GX because of sponsorship.
I'd say it's 60% Chrome, 15% Opera, 15% Brave and 10% Firefox

>>105565112
speak of what you know I always say

>>105565937

>>105556112 (OP)
>i am the smartest people
>mfw

>>105556112 (OP)
ublock origin

Ublock origin with youtube on firefox breaks youtube and prevents loading 70% of the time

>>105566056
I have fiber internet with 2ms latency and it wont load instantly

>>105566104
>>105566056
I fixed it by turning off this setting

suspend network activity until all filter lists are loaded

>>105566056
user error
mine was wigging out 2 days ago but it hasnt done it since, guess it updated to out jew the jew

>>105556112 (OP)
Wrong. Smart people use the default option for everywhere in case of software because they know the only the developer can truly controls the software and redundant choises are waste of time and an illusion.

>>105556150
>actually used technology before it was "cool" because back then firefox was the best
yeah I've been using FF since like v2 or so. still have it installed but nowadays I use GNU IceCat (which is still based of the fox) a lot more because of how much mozilla turned into shit (still less shit than google, though)
>>105556183
you could just say that smart people use loonix then

>>105556112 (OP)
>some autist who is one failed youtube channel away from trooning out uses firefox

Yeh.....

>>105566215
kek just like that bastegod chink troon

I used Netscape so Firefox came naturally.

Ungoogled Chromium is by far the best browser
Trannyfox is aids-teir garbage, best of the normie browsers but still garbage

>>105566215
I have more examples, that was just one that I was watching.

>>105566215
Here's another example.

>>105556224
>refuse to use a browser that was literally made by an evil advertisement company
hey how did you find out my reasoning to use firefox

>>105566391
It's obvious (for intelligent people)

>>105556182
um based department???

>>105566391

>>105566342
I will never install ch*romium

>>105566926
This.

>>105556308
it's crazy to me they manifest v3 is a real thing

>>105567049
>>105566926
>Chinkophiliacs
Disgusting

Why are smart people so dumb?

>>105560669
>it is filesystem

>>105556300
>Firefox is crucial for maintaining a competitive and healthy internet
Safari is more important because it has actual users and market share.

Firefox has the best extension eco-system.

Stop using AI to write slop.

>>105558786
interesting info anon

>>105558969
ESR is the best firefox.

>>105566175
>you could just say that smart people use loonix then
Going forward it will become something I use to judge people. If you used full fat botnet infused Chrome instead of a variant or Firefox and it's derivatives before I'd assume you were a techlet with additional caveats like being a vocal Brave user means you're less retarded than a normal Chrome user but still fucking dumb. iPhone over Android? Obviously you're a techlet and nothing you have to say about anything technology related holds any value. Going forward using Windows instead of Linux will be considered sus. But I can use 10 LTSC until 2032 they will say. Nothing but cope.

>>105568727
I forgot to say that sticking with Chromium after manifest v3 is a sign of a techlet refusing to admit they are wrong and correct course. Anybody who keeps this up will be judged accordingly.

>>105568727
>>105568733
>browser? GNU IceCat
>operating system? systemd-less distro
>phone OS? LineageOS