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Can you objectively prove Firefox is better?

If it fails to render a particular page as intended.

Furthermore, the question was over the existence of viable alternatives. Not which one is better.

Did I ever say there weren't?

Finally, your argument about open source is a form a magical thinking. Just because it is open source doesn't mean it cannot send your data to a third-party.
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You are correct, but I don't think the developers would do such a thing, given the potential repercussions if it was found out... and it could by found out.. unlike what happens with close-source software.

[quote='Moros Synackaon' pid='641975' dateline='1396373146']
It simply means you can verify yourself. So I challenge you – read the Firefox source code. I know I can't, and I'm paid to do programming in C, Java, C++.

Indeed I can, but I don't have the time for that. I trust those people who work on it and those who keep a watchful eye and are not finding any glaring security faults...

Open-source is no guarantee on the nonexistence of vulnerabilities, data leakage.

Do you think an institution like Mozilla would risk such a blow to its main product? What would it gain with such a behavior?