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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20262,247 stories
Hang on to Your Firefox↗ newsonaut.com · HN · 537 comments · 994 points · Sep 01, 2026
Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin↗ pcworld.com · HN · 718 comments · 1765 points · Aug 14, 2026
Kill The Cookie Banner↗ killthecookiebanner.eu · HN · 595 comments · 1156 points · Jul 26, 2026
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent↗ thatprivacyguy.com · HN · 1143 comments · 1755 points · May 05, 2026
LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions↗ browsergate.eu · HN · 770 comments · 1897 points · Apr 02, 2026
20252,626 stories
uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari↗ apps.apple.com · HN · 448 comments · 1156 points · Aug 05, 2025
Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot↗ support.mozilla.org · HN · 761 comments · 1222 points · May 22, 2025
uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store↗ chromewebstore.google.com · HN · 987 comments · 1972 points · Mar 10, 2025
Tell HN: Cloudflare is blocking Pale Moon and other non-mainstream browsers↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 524 comments · 1343 points · Feb 05, 2025
uBlock Origin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey browser extension↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 444 comments · 1057 points · Jan 02, 2025
20242,259 stories
The correct amount of ads is zero↗ manuelmoreale.com · HN · 589 comments · 860 points · Dec 06, 2024
Busy Status Bar↗ busy.bar · HN · 461 comments · 1371 points · Oct 14, 2024
Gaining access to anyones Arc browser without them even visiting a website↗ kibty.town · HN · 498 comments · 1469 points · Sep 19, 2024
Google Chrome has an API accesible only from *.google.com↗ twitter.com · HN · 368 comments · 895 points · Jul 09, 2024
Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder↗ lunduke.locals.com · HN · 744 comments · 1077 points · Jul 02, 2024
20232,310 stories
In 2024, please switch to Firefox↗ roytanck.com · HN · 811 comments · 1776 points · Dec 29, 2023
Firefox Sync actually works↗ howtogeek.com · HN · 328 comments · 515 points · Dec 28, 2023
DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching↗ github.com · HN · 273 comments · 1248 points · Dec 27, 2023
How to turn off Google's "privacy sandbox" ad tracking, and why you should↗ eff.org · HN · 197 comments · 256 points · Dec 21, 2023
The right to use adblockers↗ fsfe.org · HN · 284 comments · 338 points · Dec 21, 2023
20222,329 stories
Ladybird: A new cross-platform browser project↗ awesomekling.github.io · HN · 473 comments · 1341 points · Sep 12, 2022
Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser↗ krausefx.com · HN · 448 comments · 1258 points · Aug 10, 2022
I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome↗ techradar.com · HN · 674 comments · 1180 points · Jul 17, 2022
Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users↗ blog.mozilla.org · HN · 322 comments · 877 points · Jun 14, 2022
Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)↗ chromium.woolyss.com · HN · 869 comments · 1384 points · Feb 21, 2022
20212,396 stories
Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony↗ batsov.com · HN · 651 comments · 1360 points · Nov 29, 2021
uBlock Origin works best on Firefox↗ github.com · HN · 506 comments · 1595 points · Apr 09, 2021
Total Cookie Protection↗ blog.mozilla.org · HN · 427 comments · 1527 points · Feb 23, 2021
Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies↗ blog.mozilla.org · HN · 760 comments · 1569 points · Jan 26, 2021
TabFS: Mount your Browser Tabs as a Filesystem↗ omar.website · HN · 235 comments · 1400 points · Jan 01, 2021
20202,953 stories
No Cookie for You↗ github.blog · HN · 608 comments · 2941 points · Dec 17, 2020
Facebook Container for Firefox↗ mozilla.org · HN · 425 comments · 1457 points · Oct 21, 2020
Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay going up↗ calpaterson.com · HN · 1286 comments · 1624 points · Sep 23, 2020
Mozilla Lifeboat↗ mozillalifeboat.com · HN · 308 comments · 1518 points · Aug 12, 2020
Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID↗ github.com · HN · 615 comments · 2292 points · Feb 04, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Mistral X Mozilla: Private, Multilingual AI Browsing↗ mistral.ai · HN · 207 comments · 590 points · Sep 16, 2026
Hang on to Your Firefox↗ newsonaut.com · HN · 537 comments · 994 points · Sep 01, 2026
Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings↗ lapcatsoftware.com · HN · 118 comments · 621 points · Sep 05, 2026
Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO↗ webiterate.dev · HN · 621 comments · 761 points · Aug 31, 2026
Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS↗ blog.mozilla.org · HN · 204 comments · 590 points · Sep 01, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Hang on to Your Firefox↗ newsonaut.com · HN · 537 comments · 994 points · Sep 01, 2026
Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO↗ webiterate.dev · HN · 621 comments · 761 points · Aug 31, 2026
Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings↗ lapcatsoftware.com · HN · 118 comments · 621 points · Sep 05, 2026
Mistral X Mozilla: Private, Multilingual AI Browsing↗ mistral.ai · HN · 207 comments · 590 points · Sep 16, 2026
Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS↗ blog.mozilla.org · HN · 204 comments · 590 points · Sep 01, 2026
The browser's main thread is expensive↗ kciter.so · HN · 151 comments · 436 points · Sep 01, 2026
Portal by Spotify cut my Claude Code token usage by 90%↗ engineering.atspotify.com · HN · 178 comments · 278 points · Sep 04, 2026
Ask HN: Are others seeing Google's reCAPTCHA rejecting Firefox users?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 136 comments · 257 points · Sep 03, 2026
GNU Radio in the browser↗ gnuradioworld.com · HN · 36 comments · 227 points · Sep 09, 2026
Jev Ultrafast: A browser agent with a dynamic, indexed action space↗ github.com · HN · 14 comments · 93 points · Sep 17, 2026

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