Why should I switch? Just curious.
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Hobbes@startrek.website 10 months ago
I just switched yesterday after learning more about why I should here in Lemmy.
The last time I tried FF (many years ago) it was incredibly slow, so I went with chrome. But the FF of today is actually noticably quicker.
ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
figaro@lemdro.id 10 months ago
Privacy and not being part of Google would be the biggest reason.
It also looks kinda nice, in my opinion.
It’s also faster than chrome now I think.
godless@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s also faster than chrome now I think.
Resource management is much better. Chrome will max out the RAM, which slows down the browser. Firefox handles that 100x better.
shrugal@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Appart from privacy concerns, Google has started to add some really bad features to Chrome, such as “Manifest V3” and “Web Environment Integrity”. These limit you ability to block ads or generally modify the websites you’re visiting, and are just a bad for the web as a whole. But as long as the majority of people keep using Chrome they can just force these things onto everyone.
Hangglide@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I tried FF earlier this year. It sucked. Everything just took extra clicks. The password manager was a pain and didn’t interact with my phone apps properly.
I know the complaints against chrome. When it starts forcing me to watch ads I might try FF again.
pipes@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Hey, at least installing a foss browser won’t slow down your phone like a spyware app, you could always try something like Mull even for only a portion of your browsing if you have ~80MB to spare. I suggest it because I hate some of that extra bullshit that comes with standard Firefox. Also there’s tons of projects that try similar stuff with Chromium! Like Mulch. Way better defaults than Chrome
rambaroo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The Android FF is not a great user experience for sure. On desktop it’s just fine but Android is janky. I tolerate anyway to support Firefox but chrome is miles better on mobile.
UnsafePantomime@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Depending on which Chromebook it is, you can always install the Linux container and install it in there
MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 10 months ago
My friggin’ Chromebook (which works great) can’t install FF.
I’ve tried rooting into Ubuntu, but, I can’t get it all straightened out. Until I notice truly diminished issues… I’ll use Chromebook as is.
mrvictory1@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You have 3 options:
- Enable Linux container and install FF in Linux: chromeos.dev/en/linux/setup
- Install FF from Play Store
- If your Chromebook is old enough to not be capable of either, then you can wipe ChromeOS and install Linux bare-metal. mrchromebox.tech
Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Yeah being able to import all my stuff from chrome to Firefox was so clutch, now I just have to find a good day to spend getting the rest of my shit out of google’s hands and get this pixel phone to run grapheneOS.