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It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons.

• While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model.

• Mozilla's focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google's ad-centric approach, making Firefox a viable alternative.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 224 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'd like to formally apologize. I should have never left.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 83 points 2 years ago

It's cool just come back and bring a friend with you.

[–] Shaggy1050@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same here. I left for about 10 years but started coming back gradually a few years ago. After everything that happened this year, I made the full switch to Mozilla on all my devices. I'm very happy to be back though!

[–] helmet91@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why is it such a big deal? I don't regret anything. Back in the days when Google was a cool company and Chrome appeared, it totally made sense to use Chrome. After they gradually started to get more and more hostile, I switched to Firefox. It was just a matter of exporting and importing bookmarks and setting up some plugins. And changing the search engine.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I tried chrome when it released. It was a neat curiosity, but I never found it to perform so much better than Firefox that I needed to switch.

[–] Companion1666@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

You are forgiven. It's an adventure.

[–] sock@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

i feel like firefox used to suck

or did chrome used to not suck so much?

or was i a sucker for bandwagon and marketing

[–] Ghostbanjo1949@lemmy.mengsk.org 2 points 1 year ago

When Chrome came out it was fairly light on resource usage and speedy because of that. Firefox was a resource hog at this time. Chrome now is a show resource hog and Firefox is much peppier overall in my opinion.