

Known as Manifest V3, the changes are meant to increase user security on Chrome-based browsers. Particularly given a set of changes that have just been made to Chrome. But it’s a mistake to count Firefox out just yet. That has led some tech watchers to assume that Firefox has lost its grip on what users need from a browser in the 2020s. In fact, it’s lost around 30 million active users between 2019-2022. Mozilla’s Firefox, once a must-have browser for its security features, has been in trouble during the pandemic years. The silver medal browser, with a comparatively meager 576 million users, was Safari. As of 2021, Google’s browser, Chrome, was the market leader, with over 3.2 bn user worldwide. Internet Explorer, once the dominant player has been retired this month (although a handful of long term support contracts ensure it’s still around). A handful manage to cling on, and begin a long process of upgrades to keep offering what the public wants from a browser.
