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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by connicpu »

rkangel wrote: post #357

What is the actual performance story these days? Last time I tried Firefox (soon after they were making a fuss about Quantum) I was fairly disappointed. I'm including performance of the Android browser here (because they work in concert as far as I'm concerned). Also, what pain am I going to hit with DRM and online video? I use the usual suspects - Amazon, Netflix, Youtube.

Performance has gotten a lot better since the initial quantum release. All of your DRM'd streaming services will be fine although some of the more archaic ones may still require you to install flash, but Firefox uses the same DRM video decoder as Chrome.

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jwr wrote: post #161

I don't understand why Mac users use Chrome. Safari seems to be out of fashion: people just assume that it should not be used for some reason, even though it is actually a great browser. I use Safari for both my own browsing and for development (a fairly large ClojureScript application), and it is by far the best browser on the platform by all measures (speed first and foremost). The only place where Safari falls sho…

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Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by GhostVII »

tlb wrote: post #258
javagram wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I upvoted you (because your suggestion is a good solution) but let’s be real, most people don’t have backups, even developers. In my experience as a developer companies don’t even issue me a USB backup drive to run time machine on my work issued MacBook Pro unless I specifically request it.

Please don't normalize that behavior. Not having regular backups is dumb, like not wearing seatbelts. On a Mac it's so easy -- just plug a drive in once a week or so and Time Machine does its thing. A 1 TB hard drive is cheap, far less than the value of a lost day.

I don't backup my computer anymore because everything I have is in the cloud anyways. I have a git repository with all of my scripts, a command I run to set up my system from scratch, and all of my files in Google Drive/Github. Any Steam games I play either automatically store my information online, or aren't important enough for me to worry about. The only think I would loose if my computer broke was my downloads folder, pretty much.

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Post by Zizizizz »

brightball wrote: post #367

I want to, but the simple behavior issues of the LastPass extension force me to use Chrome just for it. I don’t know if its LastPass or a limitation of Firefox that’s causing it, but it’s enough of a headache for how often I use LastPass that it prevents me from switching browsers. Is there an alternative to LastPass that has a better user experience on Firefox? If so I’ll try it. EDIT: I'll test out Bitwarden.

Bitwarden?

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Post by vbezhenar »

marricks wrote: post #15

Google will keep locking down Chrome and using corporate talk to hand wave it away, only recourse is to leave. First it’s “sign in” with obtuse ways to turn it off. Then block Adblocking, once again with obtuse ways to disable... the end goal is pretty obvious, get the majority of Chrome users to turn on ads and tie their real names to their Chrome browser. Of course let “power users” (who’ll turn that crap off anywa…

"Most internet videos" probably is overstatement. I'm watching youtube, pornhub and twitch and I don't think that it requires any DRM. The only service with DRM I'm aware of is Netflix and it's terrible anyway.

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Post by magduf »

Eldt wrote: post #172
bmurphy1976 wrote: post #142

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Widevine works with Firefox. Why couldn't it with Chromium?

I'm sure it could, but who would implement it?

Apparently someone has, because I was using Chromium on Linux to watch Netflix several years ago without any trouble (this was before Firefox got it working).

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by everdrive »

marricks wrote: post #15

Google will keep locking down Chrome and using corporate talk to hand wave it away, only recourse is to leave. First it’s “sign in” with obtuse ways to turn it off. Then block Adblocking, once again with obtuse ways to disable... the end goal is pretty obvious, get the majority of Chrome users to turn on ads and tie their real names to their Chrome browser. Of course let “power users” (who’ll turn that crap off anywa…

>And while you can use or adapt Chromium to your heart's content, your new browser won't work with most internet video

And genuinely, most people are choosing between privacy and convenience.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by jklinger410 »

jwr wrote: post #161

I don't understand why Mac users use Chrome. Safari seems to be out of fashion: people just assume that it should not be used for some reason, even though it is actually a great browser. I use Safari for both my own browsing and for development (a fairly large ClojureScript application), and it is by far the best browser on the platform by all measures (speed first and foremost). The only place where Safari falls sho…

Safari is the only modern browser I run into that renders differently.

Re: Switch from Chrome to Firefox

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Post by Sir_Cmpwn »

BlueTemplar wrote: post #385
Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #60

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I strongly recommend uBlock Origin in favor of AdBlock. AdBlock is a commercial endevour that makes deals with advertising companies to let their ads through.

Which you can turn off. And eyeo-owned Flattr is a way to do micropayments without ads.

The fact that you have to turn it off is a clear signal of a piece of software which works in its interests, not yours. Can you justify using AdBlock Plus over an extension which doens't even need the switch in the first place?
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