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1. amq+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-01-24 11:31:24
I'm using Firefox on my Windows, Mac and Android, and I don't remember when was the last time that I had to open Chrome.
replies(2): >>Larrik+Y6 >>skrowl+Jx
2. Larrik+Y6[view] [source] 2023-01-24 12:27:12
>>amq+(OP)
I've used Firefox for twenty years.

It's not everyday but I have to open Chrome, or recently Brave, atleast once a month to deal with shitty frontend developers that only test their latest code in chrome, awful security captchas that only work in Chrome, and just total shit show foreign/non American sites that went from worst practices in IE to worst practices in Chrome because some old man/men in their government/company decided it needs to be done in a certain way because it works best on their ten year old laptop.

I just open tickets, complain, limit interaction with offending sites, because as someone who lived through AOL and internet explorer I know how awful it will be if a mega tech company is allowed to dictate web standards because they don't have to interoperate. Most sites can just be cordoned off until they fix the issue or be forgotten about but banking sites often intersect total shit programmers and by the book regulations that are poorly written sadly.

Also Firefox is the only cross platform browser that lets me control what I see and doesn't force me to waste time in my life by seeing ads without jumping through hoops.

replies(3): >>acomje+P9 >>FpUser+fb >>pmontr+Rh
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3. acomje+P9[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 12:47:37
>>Larrik+Y6
I had a similar experience.

Though for me it turns out the reason Firefox wasn’t working for me for some sites was that some sites didn’t work with ublock origin which wasn’t installed on my chromium. Turning it off for non working sites in Firefox fixed the issues for me.

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4. FpUser+fb[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 12:57:41
>>Larrik+Y6
>"Also Firefox is the only cross platform browser that lets me control what I see and doesn't force me to waste time in my life by seeing ads without jumping through hoops."

Brave blocks ads by default

replies(1): >>Larrik+vS1
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5. pmontr+Rh[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 13:42:54
>>Larrik+Y6
The Google Could Console run only on Chrome last time I checked one year ago. It used to run on Firefox and Vivaldi, then it failed to load on Vivaldi and loaded to a blank page plus a menu on Firefox.
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6. skrowl+Jx[view] [source] 2023-01-24 15:02:49
>>amq+(OP)
Chrome and Safari have nothing like Firefox containers. I can't imagine switching to Chrome or Safari.
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7. barbar+DH[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 15:45:25
>>pmontr+Rh
Google docs never works for me in Firefox so I mostly stopped using google docs
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8. Larrik+vS1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 20:11:30
>>FpUser+fb
I'm of the opinion that using a skinned Chromium browser is the same as actively supporting Chrome. Its better than Chrome but still adds to Chromes dominance. Google still gets to decide standards in the browser and none of the Chromium browsers seem to work on actual underlying browser implementation, just a different look with built in browser extensions.
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9. FpUser+X22[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 20:53:00
>>Larrik+vS1
>"I'm of the opinion that using a skinned Chromium browser is the same as actively supporting Chrome."

Well I respect your opinion. However I have no time / desire to get political about this particular issue. Brave works for me.

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