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I've been a Firefox user for years—it's more than a suitable replacement for Chrome. You can also use adblocking extensions on both mobile and desktop.

staplers 2y ago
Firefox is the perfect privacy middle ground between Tor and Chrome for general browsing. Never understood why so many seemingly hate it. Obviously work demands Chrome but I haven't installed Google products on my personal pc for a decade.
- Aperocky 2y ago
  Funny but where I work Firefox is default (one of FAAN)
- ravenstine 2y ago
  It became cool to hate it because Chrome was originally snappier, plus it was made by The Google, which many used to worship. From what I can tell, there is very little reason to hate Firefox more than Chrome today.
  - dotcoma 2y ago
    That “there is very little reason to hate Firefox more than Chrome” is hardly a compliment.
  - hollerith 2y ago
    >From what I can tell, there is very little reason to hate Firefox more than Chrome today Firefox is considered by experts to be less secure than Chrome, is one reason.
- zihotki 2y ago
  Here are some reasons: 1. Firefox is supported by Google because otherwise there will be a monopoly and Google doesn't want to be called a monopoly. 2. You can't donate to Firefox development. You can donate to Mozilla Foundation who owns Firefox. But there are no guarantees that your money will go to Firefox development. Mozilla spends money left and right, including luxury life of management, and only a fraction goes into Firefox development. Mozilla could allow direct donations like they did with Thunderbird but they woldn't. 3. Mozilla Foundation acquired an ads company in 2024 and afterwards released "privacy preserving ads measurement" feature which is turned ON by default. There was a great discussion here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40966312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40966312 4. Firefox is also switching to manifest v3 and thus crippling ad blockers. For these reasons I'd prefer to avoid Firefox, it's no better. I can only hope that https://ladybird.org/ https://ladybird.org/ or some other will get enough funding and talent to make a real alternative. Sending prayers and donations to ladybird for now.
  - slowmovintarget 2y ago
    Your point 4 is incorrect: > Firefox, however, has no plans to deprecate MV2 and will continue to support MV2 extensions for the foreseeable future. And even if we re-evaluate this decision at some point down the road, we anticipate providing a notice of at least 12 months for developers to adjust accordingly and not feel rushed. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manif... While Firefox will also support v3 they will not break v2.

staplers 2y ago

Firefox is the perfect privacy middle ground between Tor and Chrome for general browsing. Never understood why so many seemingly hate it. Obviously work demands Chrome but I haven't installed Google products on my personal pc for a decade.

Aperocky 2y ago
Funny but where I work Firefox is default (one of FAAN)
ravenstine 2y ago
It became cool to hate it because Chrome was originally snappier, plus it was made by The Google, which many used to worship. From what I can tell, there is very little reason to hate Firefox more than Chrome today.
- dotcoma 2y ago
  That “there is very little reason to hate Firefox more than Chrome” is hardly a compliment.
- hollerith 2y ago
  >From what I can tell, there is very little reason to hate Firefox more than Chrome today Firefox is considered by experts to be less secure than Chrome, is one reason.
zihotki 2y ago
Here are some reasons: 1. Firefox is supported by Google because otherwise there will be a monopoly and Google doesn't want to be called a monopoly. 2. You can't donate to Firefox development. You can donate to Mozilla Foundation who owns Firefox. But there are no guarantees that your money will go to Firefox development. Mozilla spends money left and right, including luxury life of management, and only a fraction goes into Firefox development. Mozilla could allow direct donations like they did with Thunderbird but they woldn't. 3. Mozilla Foundation acquired an ads company in 2024 and afterwards released "privacy preserving ads measurement" feature which is turned ON by default. There was a great discussion here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40966312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40966312 4. Firefox is also switching to manifest v3 and thus crippling ad blockers. For these reasons I'd prefer to avoid Firefox, it's no better. I can only hope that https://ladybird.org/ https://ladybird.org/ or some other will get enough funding and talent to make a real alternative. Sending prayers and donations to ladybird for now.
- slowmovintarget 2y ago
  Your point 4 is incorrect: > Firefox, however, has no plans to deprecate MV2 and will continue to support MV2 extensions for the foreseeable future. And even if we re-evaluate this decision at some point down the road, we anticipate providing a notice of at least 12 months for developers to adjust accordingly and not feel rushed. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manif... While Firefox will also support v3 they will not break v2.