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Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because it has all the features I actually want and none of the ones I don't need. Firefox also isn't anywhere near as privacy respecting as people think. And lacks features that even ungoogled chromium has (like websql). I'm kind of surprised about the downvotes tbh. Hive mind much?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because it has all the features I actually want and none of the ones I don't need.

Can you elaborate more on those features? I can't see see how ungoogled chromium is better than Firefox since it removes basic features such as sync.

As for engine-specific features such websql, I don't think it's matter at this point unless you need to use websites that only works on chrome on regular basis. For day-to-day browsing, those chrome-only apis only serves as another data point for analytics providers to do fingerprinting.

My opinion on using chrome-only apis is it's harmful for the web because each website that only works on chromium engine bring the web closer and closer to browser monoculture, just like back then when ie6 dominated the web.

If you worry about Mozilla's stance on privacy, there are also plenty of forks that provide "unmozilla'd" Firefox.

I'm kind of surprised about the downvotes tbh. Hive mind much?

I didn't downvote you btw

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I don't need more than the basics, things like hardware acceleration and extension support, although websql and the likes are occasionally useful. I don't sync, I don't need pocket or a vpn, and mozilla telemetry has caused my laptop to almost be rate limited by my pihole before. Ungoogled chromium does exactly what I need it to do while feeling faster than firefox. Idk if it actually is, but sometimes feelings are enough. And with the market share of chromiums engine, I don't think the potential fingerprinting of its features is statistically relevant.