If you're on ubuntu or any of it's derivatives, Firefox is installed via snap by default. Snaps are late to start because of reasons beyond my understanding.
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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No, I am 40 plugins all active and they have not changed my browser load time almost at all.
Make sure there are no other issues. If you are on Arch Linux, there is a problem with xdg-desktop-portal-gnome that if installed will slowdown loading of many programs.
In my case, xdg-desktop-portal-gnome is required by xdg-desktop-portal, which in turn is required by flatpak. I wonder what effect will removing have on apps?
It means Gnome is the only installed Portal protocol manager. Install one of these first, then remove the Gnome one https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Desktop_Portal#List_of_backends_and_interfaces
I can't really leave Firefox but use some extensions to try to lighten the experience, like uBlock Origin configured for "hard mode," TabStash with eager discarding turned on, and LocalCDN.
I love LibreWolf. It's a Firefox-based privacy browser. You could give Brow.sh a try. A truly remarkable experience :)
If you're on ubuntu, try starting it from terminal instead. If it starts immediately, then it's a snap issue. Not sure if it's already been addressed tho
Web is not lightweight. I think Gemini could be better, but it's far from popular. https://drewdevault.com/2020/03/18/Reckless-limitless-scope.html