Why hackers moved from Firefox to Chrome
3 hackers described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I switched from Firefox to Chrome out of desperation and it worked without a hitch.”wwizo, 2026-06-19original comment ↗
“I switched from Firefox to Chrome a couple of years back”m-schuetz, 2026-06-10original comment ↗
“I switched from Firefox desktop to Chrome when Chrome was new because it was multi-process and one janky page couldn't hang or crash the whole browser.”Zak, 2025-12-17original comment ↗
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Firefox vs Chrome
| Firefox | Chrome | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 11 | 5 |
| Hackers who criticize | 10 | 14 |
| Moved away from it | 8 | 7 |
| Moved to it | 2 | 4 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Firefox
“I switched from Firefox on macos and ios about a year ago when things started to get a bit weird with Mozilla.”B4uler5, 2026-10-14original comment ↗
“I'd've guessed Mozilla could be convinced to revert, but Google presumably paid them enough to look the other way.”za_creature, 2026-08-02original comment ↗
“Switched from firefox few months ago, I don't like google, but firefox has only few percent of market share currenly, many pages simply do not work properly with it,…”read full quote
“Switched from firefox few months ago, I don't like google, but firefox has only few percent of market share currenly, many pages simply do not work properly with it, plus it has bugs on macos”
“It's too bad that the Mozilla Foundation has changed course and is now adamant that Firefox be as unusable as possible.”dlcarrier, 2026-05-03original comment ↗
“Mozilla kill when it moved from XUL to web extension. Mozilla is run by people who don't use Firefox nor care.”hexage1814, 2026-03-06original comment ↗
Praise for Chrome
“Tons of people switched from IE6 to Chrome”handoflixue, 2026-07-08original comment ↗
“dragging works in Chrome and Safari.”oneeyedpigeon, 2026-06-29original comment ↗
Other moves from Firefox
- Firefox → Safari (2)
- Firefox → Brave (1)
- Firefox → Helium (1)
- Firefox → Orion (1)