Firefox's Downward Spiral: The Decline of a Once-Great Browser

The once-dominant browser Firefox is facing a serious crisis. From altering user agreements and abandoning promises of user data privacy, to prioritizing AI in 2025 despite lacking resources; from shutting down useful utilities Pocket and Fakespot, to Firefox itself experiencing increasing technical problems like failing to load mainstream websites, slow speed, excessive memory usage, etc., Firefox is gradually losing users. Mozilla's poor handling of Snap and Flatpak packaging, and the disastrous handling of an expiring root certificate, further exacerbated user loss. Reliant on Google for 90% of its revenue and holding only a 1.9% market share, Firefox's future looks bleak; it may truly be at its end.