uBlock Origin works best in Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...
The question is whether that atmosphere would simply cause people to quit Google services vs. turn off Adblock altogether to continue using them. I would wager that the latter would be far more likely and common for the average person.
Or they just keep making it harder and harder to use alternative browsers that support ad blocking.
The collateral damage from that would probably lead to the mother and father of all class-action lawsuits, literal Acts of Congress, and EU fines that Google would have to get a second job in order to pay if they don't try to break them up outright.
So, no: Firefox will NOT save you.
Chrome is built to serve Google's interests, which is exactly as you'd expect.
Use Firefox for a web which better balances the competing interests of corporations and end users.
So no, on our present course, Firefox will not save us. And even if every HN reader used it, that wouldn't even come close to pushing its usage share out of the single digits.
You make a good case to use Firefox.
Still not a case against Firefox; just pointing out there's more to the picture.
but policy decisions aren't like technical ones.... principles are at play at every layer above the strictly-technical discussion
One could argue that Google can "kill" Mozilla easier than it can "kill" uBlock.
