That is a fair point, and the sane among us (that includes you) have to wonder why the change?
Mozilla is generally viewed as the underdog and a change like that, I wonder if they are pulling a Google with their "don't be evil" motto being removed.

I recently switched to Firefox, for a number of reasons that really aren't relevant to this post, but his arguments (at least in the summary) don't hold water in my experience.

(1) Pocket: One of the first things I remove when customizing FF. I've not seen anyone suggest it, and seen a fair amount of dislike for it.

(2) Memory Use: Perhaps valid prior to 2000, but c'mon, every system I've worked with (both at home and at work) have a minimum of 16GB of RAM, the days of a 4GB system with a spinner drive are long long gone. Pop on some, quite required actually, ad-blockers, and use isn't any worse than Chromium or Safari browsers.

(3) Failing to load websites: Name one. In point of fact, since Chrome and Edge are built under the same structure, I often use FF to troubleshoot website weirdness to see where the problem really is. Sure, experience of one here, but I've not seen any site (from private, individual user, to public corp to gov't) mis-load under FF.

(4) Personal data for sale: Okay, I'll give him that, if he can prove it's happening.

(5) Low browser marketshare: So? Does FF stop working because it's got a small number? Quick, better let Linux know this!

This guy sounds like he's whinging just to put out some clickbait article. Not buying it.

Like everything else in the USA that's fucked up, 40$/mo is about average for basic cell service.
No including taxes etc, of course.

Don't stoop to their level. Do better.

with disturbing implications. For one, a shelf life of "up to" six months, is that at idle, or under full load?
Is there any sentience going on?
Is this a really elaborate April Fools joke?
How fast are these wetware chips? Are we talking sub-Ghz speed or what?
Is each neuron equal to a CPU core?
What is the purpose/function of this device?

The list goes on, but I am reminded of a line, "I have no mouth and I must scream."

Wish I had mod points, this needs more visibility.

This assumes only one Chinese firm has been doing this, and said Chinese firm knows they are the only one doing this, then yes, the jig is up.
But if it's multiple firms doing this, and they don't talk to each other about doing this, then there is still a bit of question in the air.

I must have missed something, when did Tom's Hardware go to hell?

Amusingly, "vaccines cause autism!" crowd are always saying "back in MY day, we didn't see anyone with autism" (look at what RFK jr is saying as an example) but every was vacc'd.

So...which is it, they cause it but you never saw anyone with autism, or they don't cause it and you are just spouting harmful nonsense to support some weird ideology?

True....IF you know they exist...

what percentage of MS employees are listed as "under performing" and are they (MS) prepared to pay if all of them leave?

Sorry, that was for beachmike

Curious: Do you have any reputable proof that teachers were making their kids trans in secret? Because you know this can take *years* to do, it's not something that happens in an afternoon...

Can you back that up with any facts?

./ actually did ban someone, though I am not certain how. He was...colourful and any time the subject of ad-blocking came up, he was all over the subject claiming his hosts file solution was superiour and spammed links to it.
Got so bad entire stories were hijacked by this guy and the flamewars it produced.