Why hackers moved from Firefox to Safari
2 hackers described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“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 ↗
“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”comboy, 2026-07-06original comment ↗
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Firefox vs Safari
| Firefox | Safari | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 11 | 5 |
| Hackers who criticize | 10 | 3 |
| Moved away from it | 8 | 1 |
| Moved to it | 2 | 3 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Firefox
“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 ↗
“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 ↗
“It's too bad that the Mozilla Foundation has changed course and is now adamant that Firefox be as unusable as possible.”dlcarrier, 2026-05-03original comment ↗
“Mozilla kill when it moved from XUL to web extension. Mozilla is run by people who don't use Firefox nor care.”hexage1814, 2026-03-06original comment ↗
Praise for Safari
“I switched from Chrome to Safari about 5 years ago and can count the number of websites I’ve had issues with on one hand, I think.”lobf, 2026-10-13original comment ↗
“dragging works in Chrome and Safari.”oneeyedpigeon, 2026-06-29original comment ↗
“things like Safari and Apple Podcasts work really well.”clickety_clack, 2026-01-25original comment ↗
Other moves from Firefox
- Firefox → Chrome (3)
- Firefox → Brave (1)
- Firefox → Helium (1)
- Firefox → Orion (1)
Other moves to Safari
- Chrome → Safari (1)