Google Chrome Has Become the New Internet Explorer – Why We Switched to Firefox

It’s wild to remember how good Google Chrome used to be. Clean, light, fast – a breath of fresh air after Internet Explorer. But over time it’s steadily bloated, piled with features nobody asked for, increasingly hostile to user control. At this point? Chrome is what Internet Explorer was a decade ago: the default dinosaur people only stick with out of habit.

A few months ago we made the switch to Firefox. And honestly? There’s no going back. Firefox is objectively better in almost every regard:

• Privacy: Firefox isn’t built on an advertising company’s business model. It doesn’t treat your browsing history as an asset to be mined.
• Performance: Fewer memory leaks, fewer inexplicable slowdowns, less bloat hanging in the background.
• Extensions: Adblockers still work properly. That means no need to cough up for YouTube Premium just to stop being assaulted by ads.
• Security: Adblockers aren’t just about convenience – they’re a valid security tool. Malvertising (ads that carry malware) is a real and growing threat. Blocking ads blocks a common attack vector.

Meanwhile, Chrome is now actively undermining the open web. The “Manifest V3” changes break the most effective adblockers. Combine that with a creeping culture of lock-in, and Chrome has shifted from “best in class” to “necessary evil.” Sound familiar? That’s exactly what Internet Explorer became.

Yes, recommending Firefox will “mess with” some of our own trackers. But as you may have already guessed – that’s not something we care about. We’d rather advocate for users to have control over their browsing than cling to analytics. Our independence is worth more than pageviews.

So here’s the blunt advice: if you’re still on Chrome, swap to Firefox. You’ll get your control back, your browsing will feel lighter, and you won’t be forced to play by Google’s pay-to-skip-ads model. We did it. We won’t switch back. Neither should you.