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I stopped using Firefox because it was a bloated mess that frequently ended up with memory leaks despite shutting down the browser. Creating a new window with n

I stopped using Firefox because it was a bloated mess that frequently ended up with memory leaks despite shutting down the browser. Creating a new window with no history and killing all other windows still didn't get Firefox.exe to release all the ram it gobbled up. Mozilla has a habit of taking a decent, slimmed down browser (Phoenix, for those who remember that era), adopting it as their primary because their previous became a bloated mess... then taking the new fork, making it unwieldy and forcing people to create yet another fork to reign it in. Tell me again how this is Google's fault. They simply made a better browser.

zargon 6y ago
Even though I disagree with that perspective, it has no bearing on the fact that Firefox had already dislodged IE from a dominant browser position before Chrome even appeared on the scene.
- dontblink 6y ago
  Correct. But I also switched because chrome was better. There was no abuse by Google that impacted my decision. It was Chrome's per tab process that created more stability and overall less bloat.
  - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
    > I also switched because chrome was better. Chrome was better for me for about 15 min until it crippled uBlock origin - at the same moment Chrome took action against non-Google advertisers, that Google didn't like. Meanwhile my memory issues with Ffx decreased while Chrome's grew; I've no memory issues to speak of at all now. Ultimately, FFx plugins wound up helping craft a positive browsing experience on Ffx, that can't really be duplicated in Chrome. Now I use Chrome to open up a single, overseas website because their native translation really is the best. Firefox (95%), Opera, Brave even Edge all see more use, however.
    - techrat 6y ago
      Yet Opera, Brave and Edge are all based on Chromium.
      - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
        True but I rely on them mostly for special use cases. For example, Google voice has recurring issues with several browsers but less so with Brave. It's also easier to spot the Brave icon on my taskbar than trying to figure out which FFx window has my Gmail/GV pages.

zargon 6y ago

Even though I disagree with that perspective, it has no bearing on the fact that Firefox had already dislodged IE from a dominant browser position before Chrome even appeared on the scene.

dontblink 6y ago
Correct. But I also switched because chrome was better. There was no abuse by Google that impacted my decision. It was Chrome's per tab process that created more stability and overall less bloat.
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
  > I also switched because chrome was better. Chrome was better for me for about 15 min until it crippled uBlock origin - at the same moment Chrome took action against non-Google advertisers, that Google didn't like. Meanwhile my memory issues with Ffx decreased while Chrome's grew; I've no memory issues to speak of at all now. Ultimately, FFx plugins wound up helping craft a positive browsing experience on Ffx, that can't really be duplicated in Chrome. Now I use Chrome to open up a single, overseas website because their native translation really is the best. Firefox (95%), Opera, Brave even Edge all see more use, however.
  - techrat 6y ago
    Yet Opera, Brave and Edge are all based on Chromium.
    - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
      True but I rely on them mostly for special use cases. For example, Google voice has recurring issues with several browsers but less so with Brave. It's also easier to spot the Brave icon on my taskbar than trying to figure out which FFx window has my Gmail/GV pages.