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Imagine a world where there's only one brand of car. Yeah... not great. That’s basically what’s happening with your browser. Let’s do a deep dive 👇1/7

Most browsers are built on Chromium (aka Google’s engine). The other big player? Safari. It runs on WebKit, a closed-source browser engine with limited flexibility. 2/7

So what’s left? It’s Firefox. We run on a different engine called Gecko. It’s open-source and independent. 3/7

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So why does that matter? A few reasons: less options means only 1 or 2 companies are deciding how you browse online and what features get developed (or not) 4/7

A good example of this are adblockers! Having a seat at the table means giving you a real choice so you can browse on your terms. 5/7

Also, it’s not just about us. Our browser engine helps power other independent browsers giving you even more choices. 6/7

So using Firefox and supporting Gecko-based browsers is pretty defiant. What you’re saying is: I believe the internet belongs to all of us, not just a select few. Thanks for coming to our ted talk! Here’s a flame 🔥 7/7