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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 1 year ago (8 children)

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

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Shaggy1050@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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!

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[–] babyfarmer@lemmy.world 159 points 1 year ago (8 children)
[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Exactly. I've been here since Netscape Navigator.

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[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 79 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Tree. Style. Tabs.

Best damned extension ever. It's amazing to me that all browsers don't have this style of tabs.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for the recommendation. I need to organize my 100+ tabs.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Tree Style Tab also lets you bookmark whole trees. I'm often jumping between different coding languages, or different areas of DevOps on a weekly basis, and tree bookmarks help. I can "file away" a bunch of research and load it all back later, and still have the tree! Very useful for context switching.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Have you tried tab session manager? I was planning on testing it to check if it provides additional value...

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 76 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Just because Google broke the most trafficked site on the internet for Firefox doesn't mean its a bad browser. Hell that's a ringing endorsement.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally I'd rather stop using any Google services, than handing them a Chrome monopoly. Google is already way to dominant IMO.

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You should stop using Google services anyway. They are terrible for privacy and for your digital freedom in general. And there are so many alternatives.

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[–] PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The best time to switch to Firefox was 19 years ago when it first came into existence. The 2nd best time is now.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

my cubicle wall poster I sent money for. yw

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[–] stifle867@programming.dev 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

I've been using Firefox on desktop and mobile exclusively for a number of years now. I will say the experience isn't perfect but it's better than using a browser made by a company that is actively hostile to its users.

It is important to take note that you will experience issues with some websites. For example, https://astro.build/ Try scrolling quickly up and down on this page on Firefox vs Chrome (on mobile).

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 18 points 1 year ago (9 children)

What's wrong with that page? I'm not seeing anything in particular.

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[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Exclusively used chrome browser for ~10yrs. Switched to Firefox last week, cause google being evil.

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[–] ExLisper@linux.community 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It was never a good time to switch to Chrome.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When it was released, Chrome was revolutionary. Sandboxing individual tabs into their own processes was a stroke of genius. Until then, if a single site ate up all your memory and crashed your browser, all your tabs/sites died and you had to start again.

It really was the best browser for a hot minute before others copied the idea.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I never understood why so many people thought it was a good idea to hand Google the near monopoly power we had just prevented Microsoft in keeping. And that was AFTER we saw how bad it was that Microsoft had that power.
Too many people go for short term gain for way greater long term losses.

[–] paf0@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Chrome was much faster and more stable than Firefox for a time, but they're similar now.

[–] C126@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is my recollection, when chrome first came out it seemed significantly faster than IE and Firefox at the time, and Google was much less evil big brother at the time.

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago

I never left 😘

[–] httperror418@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Container tabs are hands down the best add-on I have ever used. Being able to use multiple accounts across tabs is fantastic. Alot of my colleagues have switched due to this alone

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[–] wesley@yall.theatl.social 37 points 1 year ago (18 children)

The mobile experience of Firefox with ad block is so much better than Chrome. Using chrome on mobile makes the Internet feel broken to me. I can't go back.

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[–] Redonkulation@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

When Firefox announced that a ton of their add-ons/extensions were coming to the mobile app, it got me to switch from chrome after almost 15 years.

[–] arc@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Personally I've never left Firefox. Used to develop on it when it was still called Mozilla, and I'm happy it's still around. Privacy is a major strength of it compared to other browsers.

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[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 35 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Since version 120 is coming to mobile soon with about 200 extensions (as mentioned in the article), can anyone recommend some good extensions that are newly added? I have ublock origin, HD YouTube, Google search fixer, clear url fixer, dark reader, privacy badger, and ghostery

[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I think ghostery is owned by an ad company. I wouldn't trust it.

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[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You've hit all the great ones, most of which were already available.

Have you added the bypass paywall clean filter list to ublock? Here's the url you can copy paste under "import" in the ublock addon settings: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters/-/raw/main/bpc-paywall-filter.txt

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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The best time was 15 years ago

[–] QwertySpace@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And the second best time is now.

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[–] heygooberman@lemmy.today 24 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Don't forget about the Firefox forks like LibreWolf!

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[–] Uplink@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

How is this going to end?

Google blocks access to it's services for Firefox altogether? Maybe even ban it from the Play Store? That would finally give me a real incentive to install some CFW.

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[–] NoLifeGaming@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use it on desktop and phone and honestly been pretty good no complaints.

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[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

It's always been a viable alternative. If the Internet was standard-compliant it would have been the best for a long time

[–] 271apple@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Firefox is Awesome

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