When you sign into Chrome, Google collects your entire browsing history to build behavioral profiles for targeted ads. In this interview, Firefox CTO Bobby Holley breaks down why Mozilla maintains Gecko as an independent engine, how Firefox approaches privacy differently from Google and Apple, and why the stakes for browser independence are higher than ever.
Timestamps:
00:00 INTRO
01:24 CTO DAY IN THE LIFE
03:34 STICKING WITH GECKO OVER CHROMIUM
06:33 COMPETING ON PRIVACY
09:06 PRIVACY IN FIREFOX
21:03 INSPIRATION FROM THE TOR PROJECT
22:57 WHAT USERS GAIN FROM FIREFOX
26:56 THE BEST FIREFOX CONFIGURATION
29:59 MANIFEST V2 VS. V3 + AD BLOCKING
30:53 MAINTAINING MANIFEST V2
32:26 UBLOCK ORIGIN BY DEFAULT?
33:46 FIREFOX'S APPROACH TO AI
39:14 GECKO ON IOS?
42:25 FEELINGS ABOUT THE DMA IN EUROPE
43:53 WINDOWS DEFAULT BROWSER BEHAVIOR
44:52 DMA ENGINE CHOICE PROVISIONS
45:13 BEING THE DEFAULT BROWSER ON LINUX
46:52 NEW THREATS TO PRIVACY
50:33 HOW TO FOLLOW BOBBY & FIREFOX
51:47 OUTRO
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