We don’t have a hate boner. We see “decentralized” being thrown around like a buzzword and we know that it really doesn’t apply to their platform.
It’s like the Libertarian Party taking the word “libertarian” and flipping the meaning to describe their ideology.
It’s a distortion of the spirit of the word and actual libertarians obviously want to clear up the misunderstandings that result from being introduced to the concept of libertarianism through such a group.
The point is that they forked an older version of Gecko and have been maintaining it with a small team ever since - and it still works reasonably well.
Is its security great? At least in the past they made great efforts to keep up with CVEs, but they don’t pump it full of money and talented individuals - so I’m doubtful that the security is great. Is it actively exploited? I doubt anybody would bother.
Am I endorsing Pale Moon? No, but it’s still an impressive effort even if I disagree with a lot of their choices.
And how much slower is it to launch and use?