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corbin@infosec.pub 1 week agoChrome is mostly open-source software, Chromium builds are just missing Google data sync, some video DRM, and other proprietary components. I believe Firefox is completely FOSS.
Kirk@startrek.website 1 week ago
Looks like it is! I was under the apparently false impression that it was only partly.
Feyd@programming.dev 1 week ago
A lot of internet denizens go out of their way to highlight every misstep firefox has like it is fatal and downplay all of it’s positives, even to the point of suggesting the usage of chromium derivitives.
Kirk@startrek.website 1 week ago
I hate to admit sometimes that the Chrome experience (especially on mobile) can be a lot smoother and quicker to load, but Firefox wins every time on extensibility.
Feyd@programming.dev 1 week ago
Even if I ignored everything about the entire ecosystem, just the fact I can use ublock origin in firefox mobile is reason enough to choose it over chrome