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wow just wow while i can't say i didn't see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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[–] [email protected] 201 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Google is an ad company. To them, a web browser is nothing more than a tool for collecting user data and delivering ads.

When you use a chromium based browser you are allowing google, an ad company, to decide what the future of web browsing should look like. And this is the result.

Firefox is the ONLY browser which is genuinely competing with google. Do you think ad and tracking blockers are going to get better or worse once they die out, and literally every major browser is running on chromium?

Use firefox and u-block origin. Enjoy a superior, ad free, browsing experience, and support the future of an open web.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

It's so encouraging to hear so many pro Firefox opinions lately. Then I remember I'm logged into the pirate instance of a federated platform and anti-corporate sentiment is probably as high as it gets.

Sadly most younger people haven't even heard of Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Most young people are basically tech illiterate. Yeah they are fantastic with new apps and phones. But have zero idea how any of it works under the hood.

Ask them to transfer a file from a computer to a USB drive, most will not know how. They have no idea how a file system is structured or even that an app has to specifically made for different platforms.. e.g. Facebook app on Apple is completely different from Facebook on Android and the two will contain different bugs and different settings.

We are almost back to default browser = internet

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

You're absolutely right.

Yeah they are fantastic with new apps and phones.

I think that's mostly because most commercial apps have fantastic ui and ux.

[–] Seilorks 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most younger people have heard of it. Using what came with their computer is just easier to them though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree, most of the younger people use browsers that are bundled with the operating system.

  • Android = Chrome
  • Windows = Edge
  • Mac/iOS = Safari
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's my preferred mobile browser because you can install ublock origin and other privacy extensions which is pretty unique

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Firefox on android is really slow. I tried using it, but now I use Vivaldi

Pros : really fast Cons : chromium based

[–] alongwaysgone 10 points 1 year ago

Right? After years of feeling like the only pro-firefox person left on the planet, the pro Firefox sentiment lately is a breath of fresh air, to say the least.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Well, we are in the worst cyberpunk timeline so...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's my preferred mobile browser because you can install ublock origin and other privacy extensions which is pretty unique