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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

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

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

Safari itself is part of the Apple ecosystem, and that’s what we meant when we said ‘closed' and with limited flexibility. Appreciate those who are fairly pointing out that WebKit is open source.

Guys @firefox.com, I do love the browser and it’s my daily driver at work. Personal though? That’s Safari, because of iOS. Chrome and Safari are dominating the market because of the smartphones.