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There is no functional difference between chrome and Firefox. If you are at all dissatisfied with google it's trivial to switch. I don't think the analogy holds

healsdata 2y ago
There are plenty of crappy but important websites that don't work with Firefox and there's hardly ever a way of knowing that's the issue without opening Chrome and seeing that it works there. I'm not putting Firefox on my dad's PC just so he complains about not being able to access his bank, etc. Maybe Mozilla should focus on that issue instead of an AI website builder, ad server, etc.
- Panzer04 2y ago
  Not sure about plenty; I've been using Firefox for years now and not encountered any real issues like that. Each to their own, I just disagree that Firefox isn't a real alternative in the same way Linux is to windows.
shpx 2y ago
Firefox's keyboard shortcuts are worse - Cmd+Shift+P instead of Cmd+Shift+N for new incognito window is objectively wrong and can't be fixed - Having separate Cmd+Shift+N and Cmd+Shift+T shortcuts for open last closed window/last closed tab instead of Cmd+Shift+T doing both is also objectively worse - I can't rebind Previous/Next tab, at least on macOS There's less extensions because Firefox failed on the last 1% of copying Chrome's extension API. Doing it correctly would've meant it's possible to install extensions on Firefox directly from the Chrome Web Store, like you can with the Orion browser. Mouse scroll physics are too slow on macOS. One "tick" of my scroll wheel scrolls a bit more than half of how much Chrome and Safari scroll There is no full screen mode that hides the URL bar Every single time you're searching something, Firefox includes a list of ads for search engines I will never use for as long as I live (Bing and DDG) under a "This time search with..." guise instead of just showing me search results. There are tons of these minor design flaws which add up to making Firefox feel like a worse browser. Chrome is a faster browser according to every bench mark I've seen and I can feel it. Switching would log me out of all my websites and clear all localStorage data
- kennysoona 2y ago
  > Cmd+Shift+P instead of Cmd+Shift+N for new incognito window is objectively wrong and can't be fixed Lol this is just a habit/preference, not an objective truth. Most of your excuses are equally bad, and most are addressable.
- Panzer04 2y ago
  Sure, you can prefer chrome - but if you had to switch it wouldn't be a huge imposition (Certainly less for 99% of people than it seems to be for you) It's not comparable to switching from Windows to Linux.

healsdata 2y ago

There are plenty of crappy but important websites that don't work with Firefox and there's hardly ever a way of knowing that's the issue without opening Chrome and seeing that it works there. I'm not putting Firefox on my dad's PC just so he complains about not being able to access his bank, etc. Maybe Mozilla should focus on that issue instead of an AI website builder, ad server, etc.

Panzer04 2y ago
Not sure about plenty; I've been using Firefox for years now and not encountered any real issues like that. Each to their own, I just disagree that Firefox isn't a real alternative in the same way Linux is to windows.

shpx 2y ago

Firefox's keyboard shortcuts are worse - Cmd+Shift+P instead of Cmd+Shift+N for new incognito window is objectively wrong and can't be fixed - Having separate Cmd+Shift+N and Cmd+Shift+T shortcuts for open last closed window/last closed tab instead of Cmd+Shift+T doing both is also objectively worse - I can't rebind Previous/Next tab, at least on macOS There's less extensions because Firefox failed on the last 1% of copying Chrome's extension API. Doing it correctly would've meant it's possible to install extensions on Firefox directly from the Chrome Web Store, like you can with the Orion browser. Mouse scroll physics are too slow on macOS. One "tick" of my scroll wheel scrolls a bit more than half of how much Chrome and Safari scroll There is no full screen mode that hides the URL bar Every single time you're searching something, Firefox includes a list of ads for search engines I will never use for as long as I live (Bing and DDG) under a "This time search with..." guise instead of just showing me search results. There are tons of these minor design flaws which add up to making Firefox feel like a worse browser. Chrome is a faster browser according to every bench mark I've seen and I can feel it. Switching would log me out of all my websites and clear all localStorage data

kennysoona 2y ago
> Cmd+Shift+P instead of Cmd+Shift+N for new incognito window is objectively wrong and can't be fixed Lol this is just a habit/preference, not an objective truth. Most of your excuses are equally bad, and most are addressable.
Panzer04 2y ago
Sure, you can prefer chrome - but if you had to switch it wouldn't be a huge imposition (Certainly less for 99% of people than it seems to be for you) It's not comparable to switching from Windows to Linux.