Why hackers moved from Firefox to Orion
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I have switched from Firefox to Orion on my iPhone a year ago (potentially more?) and had a great experience.”darkamaul, 2026-07-20original comment ↗
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Firefox vs Orion
| Firefox | Orion | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 11 | 3 |
| Hackers who criticize | 10 | 1 |
| Moved away from it | 8 | 1 |
| Moved to it | 2 | 2 |
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”
“I switched from Firefox to Chrome out of desperation and it worked without a hitch.”wwizo, 2026-06-19original comment ↗
“Firefox always dragged its feet when it came to implementing important developer features.”m-schuetz, 2026-06-10original comment ↗
Praise for Orion
“I switched from brave(ios) to Orion about a month ago and almost I didn't look back.”theoneone, 2026-07-20original comment ↗
“This is already possible with Orion so I am wondering why more discoveries are not being done in this space.”Imustaskforhelp, 2026-01-02original comment ↗
Other moves from Firefox
- Firefox → Chrome (3)
- Firefox → Safari (2)
- Firefox → Brave (1)
- Firefox → Helium (1)
Other moves to Orion
- Brave → Orion (1)