I use Firefox 99.9% of the time at home on my 2012 iMac and 2015 MacBook. I have zero problems whatsoever with it.
Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
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Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#42This is great and all - but what's the alternative? I've been using Firefox as my primary browser for about 2 years now - and the javascript engine on it has recently... sh*t the bed (I cannot paste links or images into facebook, I cannot paste text with line breaks into twitter, I cannot paste using reddit's "markdownmode"). I use google-chrome for netflix, recently chromium stopped working for netflix (apprently th…
> WHY include cryptojunk with a BROWSER???
The 'cryptojunk' facilitates funding content sans our traditional advertising dystopia. Whether that's you're cup or tea or not neither the rationale nor the mechanism is difficult to understand. The cryptojunk is also off by default[1].
Should you manage to overcome this hangup and give it a try you'll have a browser that is almost indistinguishable from Chrome except that the bulk of Google's abuse has been removed, among other benefits.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Firefox recently started refusing to render pages for me on some sites, no amount of resetting the profile fixes it. I'm curious why Edge isn't an option for you? I've started using it recently and so far it's a fairly decent experience. Sure, it's Microsoft and run into the same trust and privacy issues you get with Google Chrome, but that being said, my browsing habits are pretty benign so I just accept it for what…
I use Firefox. Haven't noticed any recent issues such as not rendering certain sites, but if I did, I'd just move on from that site. Webdevs, if your product won't at least render something passable/readable on a browser other than Chrome, you're not trying hard enough.
That's a tough thing to do when said sites are server IPMIs that never get up to date firmware.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#44I'll go ya one further. You shouldn't use any Google product.
Sometimes you have no choice. Send an email to any @gmail.com address and you’re using a Google product. Then you have the myriad of analytics and tracking and such.
You can be emailing them with other domains too, if the user has a paid account with them.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is why China bans these companies long ago. Imagine handing your population’s intel on a silver platter to your adversary.
Too bad we were slow to do the same thing with all the shitty lazily-named Chinese phone manufacturers like OnePlus who have free reign to skim our devices.
One Plus, using a number and a sign, is lazily named as opposed to what? A company that's named after a misspelled number? A company named after the first two greek letters? A company named after a river in south america? A company named after fruits?
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#46Since the article title is generically baity, I changed it (per https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) to one that attempts to summarize what the article says. If anyone has a better suggestion—i.e. one that is more accurate and neutral—we can change it again.
As for this thread: let's try to talk about the specific claim in the article. Generic "boo Chrome" or whatever is too repetitive for a good HN thread.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#47This is great and all - but what's the alternative? I've been using Firefox as my primary browser for about 2 years now - and the javascript engine on it has recently... sh*t the bed (I cannot paste links or images into facebook, I cannot paste text with line breaks into twitter, I cannot paste using reddit's "markdownmode"). I use google-chrome for netflix, recently chromium stopped working for netflix (apprently th…
Are you sure with FF that’s not an extension? No issues with FB or Twitter (just tested it), can’t talk about Reddit as I use the fast version.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#48The thing is that those numbers are not identifiers. They are just feature IDs.
Although the combination of those numbers can still be used for tracking, this is specially hard because many users have the same varient combinations.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#49This is great and all - but what's the alternative? I've been using Firefox as my primary browser for about 2 years now - and the javascript engine on it has recently... sh*t the bed (I cannot paste links or images into facebook, I cannot paste text with line breaks into twitter, I cannot paste using reddit's "markdownmode"). I use google-chrome for netflix, recently chromium stopped working for netflix (apprently th…
I personally like it for Windows, it even has an extension to allow the installation of google chrome extensions. In Linux it's a nightmare to use because of libffmpeg issues.
Re: Chrome client “variations” can be used to identify you (2020)
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you also explain the "rnetes" part? And why is it spelled with a K?
> Kubernetes (κυβερνήτης, Greek for "helmsman" or "pilot" or "governor", and the etymological root of cybernetics) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubernetes?wprov=sfti1 (The Borg have cybernetic enhancements, I’m guessing that’s the link)
Also the Borg ships were called cubes (they were huge cubes)