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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