Mozilla definitely wastes a bunch of money building features I don’t want. But underneath it all, Firefox is still an excellent web browser. You just occasionally have to disable “pocket” or “gadgets” or something.

It's also easy to understand why.

Google is not the same company Mozilla partnered with decades ago. You can listen to retrospectives from Mozilla engineers, and you sense a desire to bite the corrupted hand that feeds.

However, for Mozilla to be the bold, it needs funding diversity, and that isn't going to come from a browser alone.

I have not agreed with everything Mozilla has thrown against the wall, but I sincerely hope something sticks. We need it to.