With few exceptions, I do not use a browser to make HTTP requests, I use small programs to (a) make TCP connections, (b) output HTTP and (c) filter response bodies. I often consume HTML from the www as SQL or plain text

I use a text-only browser to read HTML files offline

HN replies trying to interpret a comment from me as promoting use of Chrome are delusional or perhaps made in bad faith. Quite amusing nonetheless. The comment is about the myth that Mozilla spreads, not about browser choice^1

Mozilla is pro-advertising, it supports online advertising and is supported by online advertising

Google bought Doubleclick. Mozilla bought Anonym, an adtech company started by former Meta employees

Chrome was written by former Firefox developers

Mozilla does not "keep the open internet alive". It just likes to say that. Meanwhile it's supporting the "closed internet" by sending search queries to Google

Internet users write "ad blockers", not Mozilla

1. Yesterday a former Mozilla employee's blog was on the HN front page. He just quit. The blog suggested users should look at the Vivaldi browser. It has a built-in ad blocker

I'm not a fan of "modern" web browsers. I minimise usage of them. They are a necessary evil and the source of countless problems. Online advertising depends on them and probably the income of certain HN commenters, too