Firefox Sync actually works

In a decade of use, I have yet to run into sites that don't work just fine with Firefox.

One of the things that I like about Firefox is that it lets you right click on websites that disable right clicking by holding down shift. Reminds you that the browser should be the user's agent and not the website's.

I took a glance at Can I Use what the difference between the last public release of Firefox and Chrome is [1] and they don't really have that big of a difference in the eyes of normal use-cases? Some of these aren't implemented purely because of privacy reasons, the proposals aren't finished yet or complexity [2].

Why would Firefox need to change to Chromium engine? The only websites I notice that don't work with Firefox is because of user-agent targetting or just putting 5-second time-outs in Youtube code on non-chrome webbrowsers [3].

Can you give some examples of websites not working on Firefox?

[1] https://caniuse.com/?compare=chrome+120%2Cfirefox+121&compar...

[2] https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/

[3] https://www.neowin.net/news/youtube-seemingly-intentionally-...

I have issues, but rarely. (but I'm tech savvy... wouldn't want to tell my mom to try a different browser...)

My sense of what sites don't work properly (not necessarily 100% of the time, joy) are some big corporate, non-tech company websites, like Kaiser Permanente's and ADP's sites. My sense of recollection says these cases are frequently experienced as the combination of, "Ugh, gotta log into that stupid bloated benefits/work related site, oh and it's not working... time to try Chrome."

Ah, looks like I'm different!!

Sync????

Thanks for the explanation:

"As a refresher, Chrome Sync is capable of syncing, and settings across devices signed into with the same Google account. That's the idea, at least."

I'm a heavy user of Firefox, 1+ hours a day. Never used "sync". Heard about it, but never knew what it was.

Now, nope: Don't want it!

For more:

"bookmarks, passwords, browsing history, tabs, payment info, personal info"

I don't know what a "bookmark" is. For the rest, I don't want Firefox involved with remembering any of those. Generally I want Firefox to do less, and less, and less, a lot less.

For all those issues, I have perfectly good, simple, old solutions.

I just want my Web browser doing little more than the minimum a Web browser needs to do and do not want it cooking my lunch or generally doing me favors. And I deeply resent Firefox, ..., my car trying to anticipate what I "want".

E.g., when I need to pound in a nail and swing my hammer, I don't want the hammer stopping, reminding me that a hammer could hurt one of my fingers, and requiring that I push a special button for the hammer to go ahead and hit the nail.

Generally, when I give an order, I want the intended purpose accomplished and do not want warnings, advice, popups, refusals, requirements to repeat my order, etc. Why? I'm trying to get my work done, ASAP, and the special help makes the work take 2-3 times longer.

Back talk: Tools that refuse my command and give me back talk seem to believe that they know more about my work than I do, and that is not just hurting my work but also patronizing and insulting. Tool developer: Don't do that; else, as soon as I have an alternative I will take it.

Yup, looks like I'm different. Maybe lots of people actually like popups, e.g., ones that try to do me favors but cover up what I need to see.