I made the same switch (on Ubuntu) yesterday. For me, the performance is the same, if not better in FF. What does feel less slick in FF is the UI (Settings etc.).
I recommend Zork on that list. Recently played it for the first time and it's a great experience. Your mind fills in so much more than virtual images or sounds could create.
There's a more recent thread [1] where the consensus seems to be that no, it's not possible to stop hurricanes this way, or with nukes. According to the thread, the energy in a hurricane is simply too great.
Calling a popular term "dead" is certainly a good way to attract clicks. And sure, when money is cheap and you have $2B to spend, you can afford to throw much bigger Spaghetti at the wall. But Lean defines a startup as a project under extreme uncertainty. Commercial video streaming sites exist, the only thing that seems to be new about the example in the article is the video length. I would not consider this an environment of extreme uncertainty. So imho, while cheap money does change the equation, 99% of the article's punch lies in its clickbaity headline.