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Don’t have the tech expertise to install Firefox? How did they install Chrome in the first place then? People are not stupid they are just lazy, Chrome works fi
by zarzavat 3y ago
Don’t have the tech expertise to install Firefox? How did they install Chrome in the first place then? People are not stupid they are just lazy, Chrome works fine so they use that. The moment Chrome stops being “fine” they will switch.
- themaninthedark 3y agoFirefox is adding functionality to disable extensions on websites. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36602193 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36602193 What makes you think that they won't add a global website blocker too? I say this as someone who uses Firefox. They changed when it stopped being just software developers and became a brand.
- xp84 3y agoThink of how WEI plays into this though. They’ll have to use Chrome or equivalent, eventually, to access any commercial site (same as how no banking apps will launch on a jailbroken iPhone). So, they’ll be forced to use a “pirate” browser but only to access unapproved content. Today iOS already doesn’t allow any other browsers except as skins over their Safari engine. Even if it’s possible within those rules though, what makes you think they would allow a future Firefox that “disables important integrity functionality” that Safari includes.