"Mozilla gets ripped to shreds any time they're discussed, but they keep the open internet alive."

That "keep the web open" nonsense is a myth, spread by Mozilla press releases

People who use Firefox, not all of them, "keep open internet [read: www] alive"

If Firefox exists and does the job for them, then they'll use it. These users write the add-ons to do "ad blocking", not Mozilla

If Mozilla closes the door on "ad blockers" then these users will move to another solution, maybe a Firefox fork, maybe a non-browser method, who knows

Mozilla gets ripped because ultimately they are "in it for the money", not Firefox users, and the money, they believe, is in online ad services. Mozilla advocates for having all www content supported by ads. Effectively they advocate for companies like Google

By pure coincidence I'm sure, Mozilla relies on dollars from Google to line their own (management's) pockets. Without an ad services company like Google to partner with, Mozilla's business, sending search queries and possibly other data about Firefox users to Google, cannot survive

But Mozilla communications reframes this operation as something like "we take money from advertising services companies like Google to keep the web open"

Except they will not mention the money from Google part

Then they will lead off press releases with some bizarre assumption like "a healthy online ads ecosystem is essential for the www to exist"

This might make sense to Mozilla but it makes no sense for www users who don't like ads

That's a lot of words to leave me completely unconvinced that Chrome is better than Firefox for an open www.

I'll never understand the "I hate FF for taking google money. That's why I use chrome." When something is so egregious incongruous then it should be a red flag.