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> We need to start the long process of hard forking now or turn to alternatives like Firefox as a new foundation.
by PaulCarrack 8d ago
> We need to start the long process of hard forking now or turn to alternatives like Firefox as a new foundation.
- sieabahlpark 8d ago[dead]
- luqtas 8d agooh yes sure. just like we can shift the population into installing Debian into their machines so we also deter M$ and Apple abuse /s
- Rohansi 8d agoIt's so much easier to switch browsers than platform/OS. Unless you have an iPhone or iPad.
- olyjohn 8d agoWe did it before. Thanks to Firefox we broke the IE6 monopoly even on Windows.
- mitxela 7d agoHow did that happen, anyway? Tabs? What's the next killer feature after tabs? Maybe sync?
- NOTanAlagent 7d ago[dead]
- grahamburger 7d agoHaven't all the major browsers had sync for ages? I've been using Firefox's built-in sync for so long I don't even remember what it was like without it.
- epihelix 7d agoAdblock, I would have thought. And Google can't compete in this space, by their very nature. This is the message that Firefox needs to push: Hate ads? Use Firefox.
- EbNar 7d agoConsidering that Firefox by itself doesn't block anything without extensions, that seemingly less than 10% of users use extensions and that tgere5are already quite a few snappier browsers that block ads by default...
- mitxela 7d agoOoh, I think you're right. Even better if it can bypass more annoyances, cookie popups, captchas and (if legal) paywalls. Maybe it should have Libredirect built in. It could be a user agent, instead of a site owner agent.
- godelski 7d agoYou act like it hasn't been done before. Also, switching browsers is trivial. I do it on my parents' machines and they don't notice
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