Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
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Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
#32A chunk of users (Linux desktops mainly) are locked into chrome because of h.264 / mp4 video.
On Linux, I have "OpenH264 Video Codec by Cisco" and "Widevine Content Decryption Module by Google" as Firefox addons.
This seems to be the norm [0], as Firefox will download them on-demand so long as the user agrees.
Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
#33The state of the debate is unsatisfactory. Google employees such as Justin Schuh are aggressively defending the move on tech/security principles and denying commercial motivations, while uBlock Origin dev (Raymond Hill) says the change will cripple or kill uBO on Chrome and evil motives are its raison d'être . It's good that mainstream media articles raise the awareness of the issue, but a good technical discussion b…
I've also seen privacy issues cited, and I don't understand the argument at all, since a read-only, async API will remain, so privacy isn't improved.
Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
#34Tried out Firefox again a few days ago. Still prefer chrome. If add blocking becomes an issue with chrome, I'll definitely make the switch because of that and just hate it or go back to safari and hate it just as much
Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
#35Tried out Firefox again a few days ago. Still prefer chrome. If add blocking becomes an issue with chrome, I'll definitely make the switch because of that and just hate it or go back to safari and hate it just as much
What don’t you like about Firefox?
Speaking as a FF user I have a hard time using Chrome too. In other words you get used to what you use and FF is a decent option.
Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you're on iOS it would make sense since Apple is only allowing it's own webkit as browser engine, forcing chromium and firefox to be disfigured versions of what they are on other systems. When I was working more frontend (~1,5 years ago) no browser would cause more work and trouble for us than Safari on iOS (we didn't have to support IE9 and lower).
Nah I'm talking about Chrome and Firefox on Android. They are both worse than Safari on iOS. Also I understand that Safari might've created some pain for you as a frontend developer, but frankly I don't care. I'm an end user and I only care about how fast and secure the browser is. And Safari wins there, it's not terrible by any measure for the end user.
That might be your personal impression but I don't share it.
Development wise it's not so much about our pain as about certain known bugs that went unfixed for up to 2+ years, similar goes for a range of CVEs (re:being secure).
Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
#37Tried out Firefox again a few days ago. Still prefer chrome. If add blocking becomes an issue with chrome, I'll definitely make the switch because of that and just hate it or go back to safari and hate it just as much
What don’t you like about Firefox? Speaking as a FF user I have a hard time using Chrome too. In other words you get used to what you use and FF is a decent option.
I have stuttery performance on mac with firefox.
Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
#38The state of the debate is unsatisfactory. Google employees such as Justin Schuh are aggressively defending the move on tech/security principles and denying commercial motivations, while uBlock Origin dev (Raymond Hill) says the change will cripple or kill uBO on Chrome and evil motives are its raison d'être . It's good that mainstream media articles raise the awareness of the issue, but a good technical discussion b…
Google engineers will defend it publicly simply because that'll look great in their next promo packet, lol.
Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nah I'm talking about Chrome and Firefox on Android. They are both worse than Safari on iOS. Also I understand that Safari might've created some pain for you as a frontend developer, but frankly I don't care. I'm an end user and I only care about how fast and secure the browser is. And Safari wins there, it's not terrible by any measure for the end user.
That might be your personal impression but I don't share it. Development wise it's not so much about our pain as about certain known bugs that went unfixed for up to 2+ years, similar goes for a range of CVEs (re:being secure).
Do you believe Chrome or Firefox on Android to be faster or more secure than Safari on iOS?
Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox
#40Dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20056864 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20052623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20038872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20050173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20037562
Not only dupe, Forbes also has the most click baity title amongst them all. Forbes is like buzzfeed now