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Meanwhile, Mozilla is pushing forward in that area! https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-our-approach-to-anti-tracking/ https://blog.moz

by cheeze 8y ago

Meanwhile, Mozilla is pushing forward in that area! https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-our-approach-to-anti-tracking/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-... I'm almost 100% Firefox at this point. I trust Mozilla.

kareemm 8y ago
I trust Mozilla and have zero trust in Google. But I just switched back to Chrome after an experiment with Firefox. It’s just too much of a resource hog vs Chrome. Hopefully they sort that out soon.
- rys 8y ago
  Resource usage is worth more than your privacy?
- kart23 8y ago
  Really? What use case? I've had the opposite experience, ff uses much less ram than chrome.
  - kareemm 8y ago
    Anecdotally lots of tabs open (30+) in Firefox uses more RAM than Chrome and brings my 2017 MBP to its knees.
    - mishurov 8y ago
      FF works smoothly on my Linux ultrabook using either nVidia or Intel rendering, it consumes noticeably less resources than Chrome.
testvox 8y ago
I'm on waterfox. Mozilla lost my trust when they started installing advertising extensions without user permission. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robot-arg-plugin-firefox-looking-glass https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robo...
- orf 8y ago
  Poor play on Mozilla's part, sure, and they paid their price. But it seems pretty damn silly to switch off Firefox for good because of this. In fact you'd be directly impacting the only browser vendor that does care about your privacy, reducing their ability to push forward with privacy focused initiatives. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face! But, if you want to use a poorly maintained, out of date and insecure fork of Firefox privacy reasons (as if Mozilla is somehow terrible in this area!) then go for it, but understand you're sacrificing your security for no particularly good reason whilst simultaneously reducing their impact in influencing the design of a privacy orientated web.

by cheeze 8y ago

kareemm 8y ago

I trust Mozilla and have zero trust in Google. But I just switched back to Chrome after an experiment with Firefox. It’s just too much of a resource hog vs Chrome. Hopefully they sort that out soon.

rys 8y ago
Resource usage is worth more than your privacy?
kart23 8y ago
Really? What use case? I've had the opposite experience, ff uses much less ram than chrome.
- kareemm 8y ago
  Anecdotally lots of tabs open (30+) in Firefox uses more RAM than Chrome and brings my 2017 MBP to its knees.
  - mishurov 8y ago
    FF works smoothly on my Linux ultrabook using either nVidia or Intel rendering, it consumes noticeably less resources than Chrome.

testvox 8y ago

I'm on waterfox. Mozilla lost my trust when they started installing advertising extensions without user permission. https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robot-arg-plugin-firefox-looking-glass https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/16/16784628/mozilla-mr-robo...

orf 8y ago
Poor play on Mozilla's part, sure, and they paid their price. But it seems pretty damn silly to switch off Firefox for good because of this. In fact you'd be directly impacting the only browser vendor that does care about your privacy, reducing their ability to push forward with privacy focused initiatives. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face! But, if you want to use a poorly maintained, out of date and insecure fork of Firefox privacy reasons (as if Mozilla is somehow terrible in this area!) then go for it, but understand you're sacrificing your security for no particularly good reason whilst simultaneously reducing their impact in influencing the design of a privacy orientated web.