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>>akyuu+(OP)
It's kinda interesting that some of the younger amongst us might have only ever known Chrome through the lens of its meme-like reputation for being a big fat hog.

Because when it was originally released like 15 years ago, the pitch/consensus were the exact opposite of that, i.e. ultra clean and efficient.

>>frou_d+gh
As was Firefox (originally Pheonix, then Firebird), which was the ultra clean and efficient version of Mozilla. It was crazy how much better it was compared to IE6. It just didn't have a monopoly and anti-competitive marketing behind it like Chrome and IE did.

>>globul+701
Yep, I was a Pheonix user from the beginning in 2002 ... where you just unzipped it to a folder and ran it.

I stuck with Firefox for literally 20 years, only caving in last year due to noticeable performance difference (went to Brave).

But this news makes me want to try it again, I'd rather be using Firefox just to have another browser engine thriving.

Competition is good.