The microsecond manifest v3 is forced upon me, I will switch. And I'll be bringing my entire family tree and friends along with me! What does everyone think about LibreWolf vs mainline FF? It reminds me of Waterfox: https://librewolf.net
Why re v3?
In 2024, please switch to Firefox
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Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#12We all switched to Firefox back in the day because it was better.
Better than IE, there was no chrome and safari was a joke.
Entreaties and ‘trying to make Fetch (firefox) happen’ won’t work, evidently.
How do we make Firefox obviously better?
I’m core market for Firefox and just use Safari. Better battery life. And it’s just as good for privacy.
At least that’s my impression. Is it wrong?
If I don’t use it there’s very little chance people will change the defaults.
Defaults are powerful.
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#13Just let it die. We need something new or at least a CEO with a vision that is not steered by the tides of LinkedIn hype
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#14Firefox user since before it was Firefox.
Daily: Firefox with probably too many blockers, tampermonkey, umatrix, Stylus. I aggressively block any and every element on sites I visit regularly. You get no stats from me.
Also daily: Firefox Developer Ed for frequently visited sites where I need to login and every site is in a container tab.
Brave - my daily puzzle fix for Wordle, Wordiply, Travle, Tradle (no logins, clears data on exit).
Edge, in Private mode, if and only if I cannot get a site to otherwise work.
Also nextdns.io to block as much as I can including all Google, all facebook, all Automattic properties and more.
While I'm sure some data is being collected I am very happy with how my internet looks.
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#15While i wholeheartedly agree, these aren't really reasons. Playing devil's advocate reveals nothing useful.
"Its happened before"
That's not an argument, in fact you could counter-argue that IE left a lot of technical debt. On top of that, the internet was very different back then.
"Its actually good"
I'm still not convinced, why would I change my browser? I'm very comfortable in my opera/edge/chrome browser and I'd have to change my workflow.
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#16The microsecond manifest v3 is forced upon me, I will switch. And I'll be bringing my entire family tree and friends along with me! What does everyone think about LibreWolf vs mainline FF? It reminds me of Waterfox: https://librewolf.net
>The microsecond manifest v3 is forced upon me,
Protest before if even happens by switching now, maybe?
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#17No
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#18> Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data This is true for Google, etc, but definitely not for Apple. Not saying Apple is perfect in every way, but they actually have a track record for privacy protection.
Firefox has ads doesn't it ? for the homepage links.
(I am not complaining. long time firefox user)
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#19Eh, I tried unfortunately and it's not the same. Especially with video processing, my older Macbook Pro heats up very quickly when using Firefox vs Chrome.
Firefox's history bar is still superior though
Re: In 2024, please switch to Firefox
#20Maybe if they don’t align with Google agenda so much, I’ll switch. What’s the ethical of switching if Mozilla is just the non-profit arm of Google?
Are you talking about the payment Mozilla receives for keeping Google the default search engine on Firefox? Just change it.