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0 pointssilisili1y ago0 comments

I was a hardcore Firefox user for many years. Today, Chrome just blows it away. Platforms are Android and Gnome Desktop.

I tried Firefox again about once a year, up until about 2022, and left disappointed again each time. Rust was important. Servo too. I'm not just hopping on the 'Mozilla blows money' train for no reason, I'm sad to see the browser languish while they blow money on things that don't matter. This doesn't matter.

I use Brave now, which has a whole host of haters, some for good reason. But it blocks ads and runs circles around Firefox on every platform that I use.

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bayindirh1y ago

You didn't use Firefox in the last three years, and you claim that Chrome/Brave (still) blows it away.

Interesting.

silisiliOP1y ago

Fair. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 12 times or so shame on me. /s, kinda.

The OP claimed it got better in 2017, and it didn't meet my standards. But I'm honest that I haven't tried it in 2 years.

If some news or person came out to suggest something big changed and I should try it again, I will. Otherwise I'm just wasting time for no reason.

bayindirh1y ago

As a person who never used Chrome in a capacity to replace Firefox (I just refused to give up), I'll just share this [0].

As I understand, no amount of words can convince you because I neither know what your standards are, nor I have the right words to convince you to try Firefox again. So, you have to give it a try and see it for yourself.

As a matter of principle, I'd never use a browser which is funded by an advertisement company which lives off my data to show me ads and rob me of my privacy and cognitive capacity.

In my book, Brave is even worse on that matter.

Edit: To clarify: I still have Chrome installed for the odd, unmaintained site which happens to require something Chrome specific, but I just don't open it, since Firefox works for everything and works very well.

[0]: https://arewefastyet.com/win11/benchmarks/overview?numDays=6...

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Vinnl1y ago

Still upcoming (already in Nightly), but I'm very excited about vertical tabs, tab grouping, and a better profile UI. And proper uBlock Origin support is table stakes for me.

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0 pointssilisili1y ago0 comments

I was a hardcore Firefox user for many years. Today, Chrome just blows it away. Platforms are Android and Gnome Desktop.

I use Brave now, which has a whole host of haters, some for good reason. But it blocks ads and runs circles around Firefox on every platform that I use.

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bayindirh1y ago

You didn't use Firefox in the last three years, and you claim that Chrome/Brave (still) blows it away.

Interesting.

silisiliOP1y ago

Fair. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 12 times or so shame on me. /s, kinda.

The OP claimed it got better in 2017, and it didn't meet my standards. But I'm honest that I haven't tried it in 2 years.

If some news or person came out to suggest something big changed and I should try it again, I will. Otherwise I'm just wasting time for no reason.

bayindirh1y ago

As a person who never used Chrome in a capacity to replace Firefox (I just refused to give up), I'll just share this [0].

As a matter of principle, I'd never use a browser which is funded by an advertisement company which lives off my data to show me ads and rob me of my privacy and cognitive capacity.

In my book, Brave is even worse on that matter.

[0]: https://arewefastyet.com/win11/benchmarks/overview?numDays=6...

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Vinnl1y ago

Still upcoming (already in Nightly), but I'm very excited about vertical tabs, tab grouping, and a better profile UI. And proper uBlock Origin support is table stakes for me.

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