This post is an ongoing project to document all the many poor decisions of google's controlled opposition browser called "firefox" which is developed by the advertising firm known as "mozilla" (and technically in name, the Mozilla foundation)
In 2015 Firefox began including the service now defunct addon/service "pocket" as an integrated add-on, the first add-on to ever be bundled with their browser up to this point. This decision baffled many users at the time including myself. Many wondered why such a niche service was given such consideration ahead of much more desirable addons such as ublock or adblockplus. In hindsight we now know this is because bundling such adblockers would result in a near complete loss of funding for the project from google, with little hope of another advertiser like microsoft being interested in taking over.
https://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/07/mozilla-needs-to-make-up-its-mind/
https://lwn.net/Articles/650869/
In 2014 after just 11 days as CEO, proud bigot and vulture capitalist Brendan Eich stepped down due to the backlash Mozilla recieved over knowledge that Eich donated $1000 toward funding californias anti-gay marriage bill.
Eich is now CEO for the web browser Brave and continues to support fascist causes.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/04/03/1924250/brendan-eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-ceo
In 2014 Firefox "reluctantly" added DRM to the browser. This move while logical given the rise of services like netflix requiring it, was yet another nail in the coffin for open web standards.