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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

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Post by Nursie »

I have one system I still use chrome on - my late-2013 Macbook Pro.

The reason I use chrome as my main browser there is because Firefox and Slack do not seem to be friends on MacOS. I use slack in the browser rather than the native app and FF seems to get copy and paste functionality all messed up.

I would use Safari, but some quirk of the office webmail (Outlook of some sort) means that email from Safari gets flagged and blocked as potential spam by an outbound mail server :/

But everywhere else, Android phone included, it's Firefox because they don't pull these kinds of shenanigans.

Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox

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Post by the_duke »

Great to see mainstream media picking this up and giving Firefox some exposure.

With Microsoft switching to Chromium, Firefox is now the only viable (cross platform) alternative. FF gaining back a solid amount of market share is critical for the browser ecosystem in the future.

(Personally I switched back to FF after the first Quantum release, which brought performance back on par with Chrome. On mobile, the ad blocker is even more essential to get somewhat acceptable load times...)

Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox

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Post by easymodex »

Firefox has always been my weapon of choice, I used both chrome and firefox with a lot of tabs loaded so I can be logged into different accounts on the same Saas. I'm actually switching chrome out with Brave browser, so far it has been a pleasant experience.

Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox

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Post by cosarara »

easymodex wrote: post #4

Firefox has always been my weapon of choice, I used both chrome and firefox with a lot of tabs loaded so I can be logged into different accounts on the same Saas. I'm actually switching chrome out with Brave browser, so far it has been a pleasant experience.

Look into firefox containers.

Re: Google Just Gave 2B Chrome Users a Reason to Switch to Firefox

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Post by jpangs88 »

Does anyone know the status of the Chrome native ad blocker, the one that would block just the "obtrusive" ads? I remember hearing about it a while back and if it comes out with this change I think it would solve the use case of most people.

Not that I don't want people to switch to Firefox/other browsers, I just feel like if Google implements their own solution I think most people won't mind...

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