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I have difficulties understanding why everyone's using Chrome-based browsers, when it's obvious how bad they are for privacy.

matkoniecz 5y ago
Many people do not really care about privacy or are not convinced that Firefox is significantly better.
- FalconSensei 5y ago
  > Firefox is significantly better Most people use browsers for facebook, gmail, youtube, and things like banking, taxes, etc. It's common that, when facing any issue when using Firefox - with banking and government sites, you are going to be told to try using chrome. So, for the end user, chrome is the better browser, as more sites work properly on it.
  - depressedpanda 5y ago
    People keep saying that web sites don't work in Firefox, but it's never happened to me. Why is that?
    - matkoniecz 5y ago
      You likely look at different sites, like HN that is well designed rather that a decoration around ad delivery mechanism.
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rchaud 5y ago
Chrome is a product of one of the biggest corporations in the world and marketed and distributed as such. Firefox was big between 2004-2010 if I recall. Chrome came out in 2008, and needed a couple of a years to really dominate mindshare. The growth of Android helped as well.
FalconSensei 5y ago
I think I've tried migrating away from Chrome like 5 or 6 times. Always come back because it usability (for me) is not there, and things require workarounds[0]. Last time I tried firefox I abandoned it again because of these reasons [1]. So, for me, using Chrome feels more natural, and Firefox feels like a chore and I'm constantly annoyed that things work differently than the way I'm used to. Considering most people - not talking about HN audience, but general population - absolutely hate any kind of change, it's easy to see how people would try firefox, and then abandon it because it works differently. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26756575 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26756575 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26756622 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26756622

matkoniecz 5y ago

Many people do not really care about privacy or are not convinced that Firefox is significantly better.

FalconSensei 5y ago
> Firefox is significantly better Most people use browsers for facebook, gmail, youtube, and things like banking, taxes, etc. It's common that, when facing any issue when using Firefox - with banking and government sites, you are going to be told to try using chrome. So, for the end user, chrome is the better browser, as more sites work properly on it.
- depressedpanda 5y ago
  People keep saying that web sites don't work in Firefox, but it's never happened to me. Why is that?
  - matkoniecz 5y ago
    You likely look at different sites, like HN that is well designed rather that a decoration around ad delivery mechanism.

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rchaud 5y ago

Chrome is a product of one of the biggest corporations in the world and marketed and distributed as such. Firefox was big between 2004-2010 if I recall. Chrome came out in 2008, and needed a couple of a years to really dominate mindshare. The growth of Android helped as well.

FalconSensei 5y ago

I think I've tried migrating away from Chrome like 5 or 6 times. Always come back because it usability (for me) is not there, and things require workarounds[0]. Last time I tried firefox I abandoned it again because of these reasons [1]. So, for me, using Chrome feels more natural, and Firefox feels like a chore and I'm constantly annoyed that things work differently than the way I'm used to. Considering most people - not talking about HN audience, but general population - absolutely hate any kind of change, it's easy to see how people would try firefox, and then abandon it because it works differently. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26756575 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26756575 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26756622 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26756622