Why hackers moved from Firefox to Helium
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I've recently moved from Firefox to Helium after 10+ years.”airstrike, 2026-05-05original comment ↗
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Firefox vs Helium
| Firefox | Helium | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 11 | 3 |
| Hackers who criticize | 10 | 2 |
| Moved away from it | 8 | 0 |
| Moved to it | 2 | 3 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Firefox
“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 ↗
“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 ↗
“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,…”read full quote
“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, plus it has bugs on macos”
“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 ↗
Praise for Helium
“I recently switched from Arc to Helium but it's still Chrome with different paint.”NetOpWibby, 2026-08-01original comment ↗
“I switched from Brave to try it out and works pretty great.”designed, 2025-12-18original comment ↗
Other moves from Firefox
- Firefox → Chrome (3)
- Firefox → Safari (2)
- Firefox → Brave (1)
- Firefox → Orion (1)
Other moves to Helium
- Arc → Helium (1)
- Brave → Helium (1)