I've been using google chrome for years but now it works worse with every new update. constantly changing features, newly added nonsense, ram usage problems, I'm really tired of it all now. I think it is the most logical to switch to firefox or another alternative.
I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
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Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#442Firefox was good a few years ago. Somehow they managed to get on-par with Chrome performance. So, I switched back to FF after being a Chrome user for years. But they couldn't keep up, so I was forced to leave them again. I went for Brave, because I wanted to reduce my use of Google products and I couldn't be happier. Chrome performance, good adblock integrated, Tor, IPFS, and crypto wallet out of the box. Awesome pie…
I've been on brave for years now. Two vital extensions though:
uBlock Origin
Sponsorblock - skips sponsored segments/outros/self promotion etc that has spread like a plague across YouTube
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#443I used Firefox in the early-mid 00s, switched to Chrome not long after launch, after my colleagues showed me how much slicker is was than a now fairly heavy Firefox (at the time.) Then evil Google emerges, Chrome got fat, FF trimmed up and went privacy-as-a-default, and I'm back on FF again for the better part of the last decade. Opera had a look-in around 2008 but it didn't last long, although some of the features w…
Chrome got fat Vivaldi works quite well as a thinner Chrome alternative IMO.
Big Vivaldi fan here.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#444Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.
If you are using gmail, syncing browsers with everything in them is very easy. I do feel like the extension library of chrome is also larger. FF is sluggish to open first time and if there is an update, god help you.
Interesting..I can't even say I notice the update time..it happens but never stand in my way that I'd notice it..under 1 minute may be? Not sure to be honest.
What's your experience here?
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#445I used Firefox in the early-mid 00s, switched to Chrome not long after launch, after my colleagues showed me how much slicker is was than a now fairly heavy Firefox (at the time.) Then evil Google emerges, Chrome got fat, FF trimmed up and went privacy-as-a-default, and I'm back on FF again for the better part of the last decade. Opera had a look-in around 2008 but it didn't last long, although some of the features w…
Same path, the late xulrunner runtime was squeaking around all corners and chrome came out at Firefox weakest moment, it spread trough my friends circles like wildlife.
I went back to Firefox just because of Chrome api change against adblockers, and found it very usable and mature, but it's a tougher sell to my friends as the difference unnoticeable
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#446Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a pretty big assumption. I'd say my motivation is exactly the reverse of that.
> I think most people > I'd say my motivation I’d be careful not to generalize your own experience here. Just the fact that we are having this conversation on HN puts us in a bubble that is not representative of “most people”. My motivation is privacy. The motivation of many people I know is “ads are super annoying”. Privacy awareness is growing, but most people are not as aware as the people on this thread.
This works both ways, and I'm warning of generalizing in the other direction based on an assumption of what is "normal among normal people".
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#447Earlier quoted context omitted.
uBlock Origin does exist on chrome btw https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...
But with Manifest v2 will be crippled.
As the other poster said, I meant Manifest v3 (can't edit anymore).
To answer the poster's curiosity, I messed it up by pressing the neighbouring key by accident and not checking sufficiently. :-P
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#448Earlier quoted context omitted.
Firefox had the chance to remain relevant when it still had some significant market share and if they had gone all in on ad blocking (basically something like merge ublock origin directly into Firefox). Unfortunately, since most of their revenue is from Google, it could never happen due to conflict of interest.
Do you think major websites that are funded by ads would simply block Firefox with merged ad blocker?
At this point, probably, but in the past when FF had 30% market share? It would've at least forced a serious discussion in the industry on what are acceptable ads. Or maybe it would've been the impetus for a working microtransaction system built into the browser. Instead, they did nothing with their influence.
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#449Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I log into Chrome with my Gmail account and my browsing history+passwords are carried across all the devices I use in a typical week, Windows, Mac, iPhone. This is huge, as I rely on history a lot. My last 3 jobs also had Google-based accounts, which means I'm able to maintain two browser contexts where I don't dirty up my personal history w…
Yikes. What if they ban your Google account? They have no customer support to speak of.
What if they don't and I spent time micromanging my computer for nothing?
Re: I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
#450Is there really a killer feature of Chrome that justifies its use over FF? I've been using Firefox and have never been disappointed with it. I always just assumed that if you wanted privacy, it's better to use Firefox over Chrome, Safari, or Brave.
Firefox has traditionally given a Bronx cheer to IT making it more difficult to manage updates and configuration. Maybe it’s changed but I wrote them off years ago as a result.
Some of us find Firefox incredibly useful for this reason. When my company's intranet site is down you can't open a new tab on Edge without it crashing trying to get there.