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Exactly this. Chrome was fast, Firefox wasn't. It still isn't: https://arewefastyet.com/mac/benchmarks/overview?numDays=60 https://arewefastyet.com/mac/benchmar

Exactly this. Chrome was fast, Firefox wasn't. It still isn't: https://arewefastyet.com/mac/benchmarks/overview?numDays=60 https://arewefastyet.com/mac/benchmarks/overview?numDays=60 I'm glad there are alternatives to Chrome though.

Ygg2 6y ago
Wait don't the graph show that Firefox is mostly faster. Lower on the graph means better.
varispeed 6y ago
On my Linux laptop I am running Chromium. Do you know if it is going to have this feature or is it just in Chrome. I think websites on Chromium look better than on Firefox and that's important for me. But if that feature is going to be in Chromium too, maybe I'll look how to remove that feature, but I'll have to learn how to compile the whole thing. I tried couple of times but always got stuck somewhere.
- hmry 6y ago
  Yes, it will be in Chromium as well. It's meant to be a complete replacement for tracking cookies after all. It remains to be seen how much of it you will be able to turn off in the browser settings, as opting out is not implemented yet IIRC. If it turns out you cannot completely disable it, and you still want to continue using a Chromium-based browser without FLoC, you will have to use a fork. Vivaldi and Brave have already announced they will remove it, and I'm sure Ungoogled Chromium will do the same.
zelphirkalt 6y ago
Hmm, in many of the benchmarks there, it is even performing better than Chrome and the like. What makes you say, that it still is not fast? Which one of the benchmark results do you assign more importance than the others and why?
fmajid 6y ago
How much of Chrome’s speed advantage (if it even exists any more) comes from hogging RAM to speed things up at the expense of everything else on the system? Truly a tragedy of the commons, compounded by Electron apps like Slack that I unfortunately have to run as a corporate mandate.

Ygg2 6y ago

Wait don't the graph show that Firefox is mostly faster. Lower on the graph means better.

varispeed 6y ago

On my Linux laptop I am running Chromium. Do you know if it is going to have this feature or is it just in Chrome. I think websites on Chromium look better than on Firefox and that's important for me. But if that feature is going to be in Chromium too, maybe I'll look how to remove that feature, but I'll have to learn how to compile the whole thing. I tried couple of times but always got stuck somewhere.

hmry 6y ago
Yes, it will be in Chromium as well. It's meant to be a complete replacement for tracking cookies after all. It remains to be seen how much of it you will be able to turn off in the browser settings, as opting out is not implemented yet IIRC. If it turns out you cannot completely disable it, and you still want to continue using a Chromium-based browser without FLoC, you will have to use a fork. Vivaldi and Brave have already announced they will remove it, and I'm sure Ungoogled Chromium will do the same.

zelphirkalt 6y ago

Hmm, in many of the benchmarks there, it is even performing better than Chrome and the like. What makes you say, that it still is not fast? Which one of the benchmark results do you assign more importance than the others and why?

fmajid 6y ago

How much of Chrome’s speed advantage (if it even exists any more) comes from hogging RAM to speed things up at the expense of everything else on the system? Truly a tragedy of the commons, compounded by Electron apps like Slack that I unfortunately have to run as a corporate mandate.