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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fun fact, did you know that google deliberately makes their products run worse on browsers like Firefox so users will think the browsers are slow? Please support Firefox, it's the only real browser not based on Googles technology (like Brave is), and it's actively fighting Google's monopoly on web browsing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I know it's easy to claim that, but is there any actual proof of that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Firefox for life! Well as long as they don't go evil or bankrupt. I am not surprised at all though.

  1. Kneecap plugin performance especially for AdBlock plugins claiming it's for security.
  2. Notify users that those plugins are slowing down Chrome.
  3. ???????
  4. Profit... or people hopefully switch
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

'No I dont think I will'

Use Firefox btw

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

+1 for Firefox, it's a great experience on both desktop and mobile!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's crazy how low the firefox market share is. It’s like 3% worldwide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

For such a good browser too!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

On desktop the market share is somewhat higher.

I switched back to Firefox ever since the Quantum release and have been loving it.

I wish Mozilla would spend their resources on the browser instead of wasting time and money on so many other useless projects.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Such a baseless statement. Ad blockers actually improve performance by removing random junk videos, and images from running on the site.

I'm so glad to have switched to Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The problem is that you are using chrome to begin with

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why even use Google Chrome 👁👄👁

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My work mandates it unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They mandate the browser you use? Seems a little overbearing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

You have no idea.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I actually deleted my google account yesterday. Felt so good. I'm finally free.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you use for email?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is that specifically a browser issue, as opposed to a webscript issue for detection?

Is it still an issue in Librewolf, Brave, and Ungoogled Chromium?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It is a self inflicted wound basically. Google killed support for how those ad blockers work.

https://www.ghacks.net/2019/01/22/chrome-extension-manifest-v3-could-end-ublock-origin-for-chrome/

Firefox based browsers literally will not have this problem at all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So I've heard good and bad things about Firefox in this thread. The bad things being mainly the performance, and some sites just don't load...

So my question to you is, If I'm comfortably browsing on Brave with uBlock on, is it really worth the switch right now?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Performance wise widely depends on the site used. Some sites (notably Google ones) are notorious for implementing anti-competitive behavior, where if their website is visited other than a chromium based browser, it slows down or a functionality stops working.

I mean its the whole reason why Microsoft switch from Edge Edge HTML to Edge Chromium/Blink.

The only good reason right now if you want to stick with Chromium based browsers such as Brave is you're heavily into browser based games as currently Chromium (and it's older brother, webkit) are the ones that have the best webgl performance, Firefox can do it but not as fast as Chromium and performance impact is very noticeable

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some sites (notably Google ones) are notorious for implementing anti-competitive behavior, where if their website is visited other than a chromium based browser, it slows down or a functionality stops working.

I assume you're referring to Google meet (and the screen blur functionally), this is an open issue in Firefox for years, Google is using open standards to implement that, it's an issue in Firefox with how deadlocks work which is an extremely low level part of the browser. So it's not an easy solve.

There's a lot to complain about with Google, but this one isn't their fault. They use non-proprietary implementations and it's not their fault that Firefox will crash if they allowed Firefox users to use screen blur, the issue isn't a high priority for Mozilla.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

@Tibert What does this have to do with Google? Isn't this Facebook?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Unpopular opinion (maybe) - But i'm using Edge, works with chrome extensions, I use BingAI for quick searches and the cleanest looking vertical tabs I've used without elbow grease and extensions

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Here's another reply for "this is why you Firefox."