So you now need to opt out of PPA, opt out of telemetry, and change the search engine from Google to something else.
To be clear, according to Mozilla’s CTO, it does appear that disabling telemetry also disables PPA. Mozilla just completely failed from a UX perspective, and did not make this clear with the UI at all, one of many mistakes with how they handled this…
At this point, I just don’t know why a regular PC user would go with Firefox over Brave…
I’m not sure it’s fair to say at this point - I don’t think anyone’s ever recommended Firefox for its default settings. Brave has always excelled in that aspect.
Like @anon39565454 said, the browser engine monopoly is a real concern and probably the main reason I at least still use Firefox. The recent situation with Hangouts is a perfect & clear example of this issue:
I’ll also say that I do think Firefox has more to offer than simply not being Chromium. There’s one aspect of Firefox that I think most people seem to take for granted: the customization. The about:config is genuinely amazing - you can change nearly anything about the browser & its behavior. Nothing else comes close to it, the only other browser I’ve seen even make an attempt is Vivaldi, which is still very far off (and has its own issues).
Firefox is truly giving control of the browser & their experience with it to the users, and I won’t lie that I would genuinely miss that, and I do think that is a draw for users who don’t even necessarily care about privacy or fighting the Chromium monoculture.
I guess back to the main point: I’m not trying to defend this PPA feature at all because I am strongly against it, especially with the way this was handled, but I still feel like Mozilla & Firefox are deeply important, and genuinely have something to bring to the table. I just hope they can set their priorities straight, instead of shooting themselves in the foot like this.