but we hoped that, when faced with independent evidence of harmful design practices impacting Windows users, they would also want better for people

That is quite a thing to sya with a straight face. Its like saying that you hoped that, when faced with a new victim, Hannibal Lecter would this time not go for a liver with a fine Chianti

Good job, Mozilla! But Edge isn't the only browser resorting to dark patterns nowadays. Think you might be able to so something about this?

Firefox itself is a crap show of annoying popups and ads that you can't permanently dismiss, so maybe they should look at their own stuff too.

Off-topic: I tripped on the (first) name "Cennydd" in the article until my poorly developed Welsh orthography skills kicked in and I realised that that's pronounced "Kenneth".

Amusingly, though perhaps not for Cennydd, Google Translate is confused by it and translates it as "Cynthia".

man I really wish qutebrowser didn't turn to crap. I used to love that thing. Now i'm on firefox and bleh I don't like it.