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Who still using chrome? Use safari, brave, or Firefox.

by exabrial 4y ago

worldmerge 4y ago
It would be cool if Firefox supported modern browser APIs like Chrome does, but they’ve decided not to (web serial).
misnome 4y ago
Firefox has had ads on its "new tab" page by default for ages now.
- thejackgoode 4y ago
  you can remove them though
- Daffodils 4y ago
  By ads you mean the popular articles from Pocket? That is an ad for Pocket ?
  - thesuitonym 4y ago
    Not sure if this is what the GP was referring to, but I constantly find Google and Amazon (two sites I almost never use) pinned to my frequently accessed sites in Firefox. I unpin them, then check all settings for any kind of advertising opt, and yet, some month later, they're back.
    - bentcorner 4y ago
      Are you installing Firefox and signing into them on new machines? I don't have hard evidence but I feel like when I install FF on a new box and sign in, the pinned sites sometimes show up on other machines when everything is synced.
  - dmonitor 4y ago
    Amazon.com is pinned when you install the app
thih9 4y ago
> Who still using chrome? According to statcounter[1], Chrome had 65.52% of the browser market share in August 2022. [1]: https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share
- sshine 4y ago
  On my computer, Chrome has a 0% market share!
  - can16358p 4y ago
    Mine too. But it unfortunately doesn't change the fact that Chrome is the most popular browser. Hope its domination, just like anything Google, ends soon though.
    - the_lonely_road 4y ago
      I heard that ad blocking will not work after January. I am going to wait until ads actually start appearing in my browser again to switch because the internet is full of bad information but assuming it actually happens I, and all the non tech dependents I influence, will be giving Brave a try. I am attracted to it because it says it blocks ads by default, however I am concerned because it doesn't appear to have even 1% of browser share. I don't know where else to go though because Edge...just I can't believe myself ever using a Microsoft browser again after the IE drama and Firefox is a zombie from a by gone era that only exists on the fumes of massive payments from Google to prevent anti trust so not worth investing in either. Slim options and no clear path forward.
      - can16358p 4y ago
        If you are on Mac I'd strongly suggest Safari. If you are on Windows or Linux I'd give Chromium a try. While still bloaty as its the basis of Chrome, it's essentially de-Googlified without anything extra that Brave might bring. If there is one thing good about Chrome dominance, its that at the end of the day its core Chromium is open source so we can have a non-Google version of it while still being supported.
qzx_pierri 4y ago
I'm so tired of seeing people recommend Brave. Firefox is what the web needs. Organizational shenanigans aside, Firefox is the best browser on the market right now.
- wooque 4y ago
  Brave works, Firefox don't, simple as. I tried Firefox numerous times and I always stumble upon glitches, and it still measurable slower. Chromium won, deal with it.
  - recursive 4y ago
    These days I find more glitches in Chrome than Firefox. Last one I found was that a certain fetch request showed an empty response in the devtools network monitor. Spoiler: it was not actually empty.
  - atemerev 4y ago
    I don't know, using Firefox for many years (100% of time since FF Quantum), never encountered any issues anywhere.
  - Taywee 4y ago
    What glitches? Can you be more specific?
    - wooque 4y ago
      It sometimes failed to load reaction icons on Linkedin. This was happening for a long time, but seems that either Firefox or Linkedin fixed it. I didn't stumble upon it recently. Firefox don't play MKV videos, I use some site that has embed MKVs. Slack calls didn't work on it (they workaround it). But I had trouble with other sites that use WebRTC in Firefox. This is things I recall at this moment, but I don't want to have to use backup browser when something like this happens, so I use Chromium based browser and get on with my life.
      - 4y ago
Markoff 4y ago
Brave is not customizable at all, Vivaldi is much better. On the Android phone it's easy choice since only Kiwi Browser supports extensions.
arnaudsm 4y ago
Brave is way worse. They have product ads everywhere, pushed a weird crypto scam, and even injected affiliate codes in URLs. Firefox has ads on their new tab too. We need better and more respectful competitors.
- InCityDreams 4y ago
  I have never seen a 'product ad' anywhere on my brave. Crypto got turned off (and i also have an extensive hostsfile for that, too). Never seen an affiliate code being injected anywhere.
wintermutestwin 4y ago
I have no choice but to use Firefox because I have switched to vertical tabs (with Sidebery) and it seems that every other browser besides Edge(?!) is stuck with horizontal tabs. Horizontal tabs are objectively inferior - why are vertical tabs so rare???
- Scottn1 4y ago
  Vivaldi has the best vertical tabs implementation I've used. Edge would be 2nd. Sideberry would be great if it was easier to rid of the horizontal tabs in FF when Sideberry is active. Horrible having the horizontal tabs still while also having vertical tabs and only some CSS hacks fixes it. Brave has vertical tabs coming soon as they are in nightly I believe.

Who still using chrome? Use safari, brave, or Firefox.

worldmerge 4y ago

It would be cool if Firefox supported modern browser APIs like Chrome does, but they’ve decided not to (web serial).

misnome 4y ago

Firefox has had ads on its "new tab" page by default for ages now.

thejackgoode 4y ago
you can remove them though
Daffodils 4y ago
By ads you mean the popular articles from Pocket? That is an ad for Pocket ?
- thesuitonym 4y ago
  Not sure if this is what the GP was referring to, but I constantly find Google and Amazon (two sites I almost never use) pinned to my frequently accessed sites in Firefox. I unpin them, then check all settings for any kind of advertising opt, and yet, some month later, they're back.
  - bentcorner 4y ago
    Are you installing Firefox and signing into them on new machines? I don't have hard evidence but I feel like when I install FF on a new box and sign in, the pinned sites sometimes show up on other machines when everything is synced.
- dmonitor 4y ago
  Amazon.com is pinned when you install the app

thih9 4y ago

> Who still using chrome? According to statcounter[1], Chrome had 65.52% of the browser market share in August 2022. [1]: https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

sshine 4y ago
On my computer, Chrome has a 0% market share!
- can16358p 4y ago
  Mine too. But it unfortunately doesn't change the fact that Chrome is the most popular browser. Hope its domination, just like anything Google, ends soon though.
  - the_lonely_road 4y ago
    I heard that ad blocking will not work after January. I am going to wait until ads actually start appearing in my browser again to switch because the internet is full of bad information but assuming it actually happens I, and all the non tech dependents I influence, will be giving Brave a try. I am attracted to it because it says it blocks ads by default, however I am concerned because it doesn't appear to have even 1% of browser share. I don't know where else to go though because Edge...just I can't believe myself ever using a Microsoft browser again after the IE drama and Firefox is a zombie from a by gone era that only exists on the fumes of massive payments from Google to prevent anti trust so not worth investing in either. Slim options and no clear path forward.
    - can16358p 4y ago
      If you are on Mac I'd strongly suggest Safari. If you are on Windows or Linux I'd give Chromium a try. While still bloaty as its the basis of Chrome, it's essentially de-Googlified without anything extra that Brave might bring. If there is one thing good about Chrome dominance, its that at the end of the day its core Chromium is open source so we can have a non-Google version of it while still being supported.

qzx_pierri 4y ago

I'm so tired of seeing people recommend Brave. Firefox is what the web needs. Organizational shenanigans aside, Firefox is the best browser on the market right now.

wooque 4y ago
Brave works, Firefox don't, simple as. I tried Firefox numerous times and I always stumble upon glitches, and it still measurable slower. Chromium won, deal with it.
- recursive 4y ago
  These days I find more glitches in Chrome than Firefox. Last one I found was that a certain fetch request showed an empty response in the devtools network monitor. Spoiler: it was not actually empty.
- atemerev 4y ago
  I don't know, using Firefox for many years (100% of time since FF Quantum), never encountered any issues anywhere.
- Taywee 4y ago
  What glitches? Can you be more specific?
  - wooque 4y ago
    It sometimes failed to load reaction icons on Linkedin. This was happening for a long time, but seems that either Firefox or Linkedin fixed it. I didn't stumble upon it recently. Firefox don't play MKV videos, I use some site that has embed MKVs. Slack calls didn't work on it (they workaround it). But I had trouble with other sites that use WebRTC in Firefox. This is things I recall at this moment, but I don't want to have to use backup browser when something like this happens, so I use Chromium based browser and get on with my life.
    - 4y ago

Markoff 4y ago

Brave is not customizable at all, Vivaldi is much better. On the Android phone it's easy choice since only Kiwi Browser supports extensions.

arnaudsm 4y ago

Brave is way worse. They have product ads everywhere, pushed a weird crypto scam, and even injected affiliate codes in URLs. Firefox has ads on their new tab too. We need better and more respectful competitors.

InCityDreams 4y ago
I have never seen a 'product ad' anywhere on my brave. Crypto got turned off (and i also have an extensive hostsfile for that, too). Never seen an affiliate code being injected anywhere.

wintermutestwin 4y ago

I have no choice but to use Firefox because I have switched to vertical tabs (with Sidebery) and it seems that every other browser besides Edge(?!) is stuck with horizontal tabs. Horizontal tabs are objectively inferior - why are vertical tabs so rare???

Scottn1 4y ago
Vivaldi has the best vertical tabs implementation I've used. Edge would be 2nd. Sideberry would be great if it was easier to rid of the horizontal tabs in FF when Sideberry is active. Horrible having the horizontal tabs still while also having vertical tabs and only some CSS hacks fixes it. Brave has vertical tabs coming soon as they are in nightly I believe.