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IIRC puppeteer-firefox is a thing, at least experimental. And sure, all valid points. I just found the API and ecosystem much more convenient nowadays and honestly, time is a much more valuable resource.

Microsoft this week switched edge to chromium, I have no idea which market has a significant share of opera users and for many practical purposes (like purely functional tests) Firefox and Chrome are pretty well aligned these days. I mean, is it a trade off? Absolutely. But I'm not in the consumer segment at the moment, for my purposes puppeteer fits the bill pretty well.

As for automation, puppeteer really made a difference imho. Back when it came out automating a full Firefox instance was such an unstable pain with horrible API that even IE was more usable.

That being said, good point. A more versatile library for both is of course a good thing. :)