While firefox still uses google, allows google ads and tracking, and just talks about doing something but does nothing
Also chromium is just a superior engine, in security and speed, using firefox won't change Chromium dominance at all.
That’s bad, but not nearly as bad as what the parent commenter described.
They didn't do this either. There was an omnibox site suggestion that included an affiliate id. Nothing got appended and people were able to see the affiliate id before hitting enter to visit the site. These site suggestions could also be disabled in the settings.
That isn't really what is happening. It shows a preview for news.ycombinator.com and hitting enter confirms that option. The distinction is one is clear to the user and the other is a modification that happens behind the scenes.