I still use Mate, but switched the window manager to i3.
Nothing wrong, if don’t spend daily hours editing text (or code).
I use one called Dark Background and Light Text.
Why make the effort to switch to Firefox, if the browser that came installed with your device works?
Or, more realistically, people don’t even grok the concept of a web browser.
but arch wiki is the best resource to troubleshoot linux and learn how to make things work