Still using Firefox – but not because of its vision

For years I have been using Firefox as my primary browser. Not out of ideology or nostalgia, but because it did the job well enough and stayed out of the way. Lately, however, I have been increasingly uncomfortable with where Firefox is heading — and yet I am still using it.
This post is about why.
Firefox’s new direction In December 2025, Mozilla made it clear that Firefox is entering an “AI browser” phase.