Firefox is calling all of you.
We just added a “copy link without trackers” context menu option too ;)
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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Big cocks at Firefox doing the lord's work once again
So that's what people mean when they say Firefox works with BSD
Big Sexy Dicks, yes.
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Well at this period of time one of the interns will have removed Firefox's user agent from the whitelist most Google services by mistake again.
If so, I just hope antitrust lawsuits will be fast enough so that it doesn't build up a bad reputation for Firefox ...
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Ad Blockers will limit Chrome usage starting June 2024.
The long awaited Firefox domination of the market !
Right in time for the year of Linux on the desktop!
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Users will limit Google Chrome starting June 2024.
I already did.
I've been limiting Google Chrome for about 5 years now.
what a bunch of cunts
Oh ffs. FINE! I will switch away from Chrome!
Congratulations, you are being tailored a "personal experience"! Please do not resist.
Not surprising since Google is an ad company. I
Meanwhile I have been using Firefox on my various computers for a few years now.
Oh no! There are literally zero other options but to use Chrome!
I know you are being sarcastic, but it's not sarcasm at all, and therefore no laughing matter, when more and more websites drop support for none-chromium browsers, or actively block them. Netizens tend to have some missguided belief that every problem can be solved with software alone. This is a trap.
What about Brave their whole sales pitch is ad blocking?
Wish them a farewell
This impacts all Chromium based browsers. Unless support is maintained separately by browser vendor, only other option is Firefox or any of its forks.
This is kind of a time for Mozilla to shine, but I worry they will mess up and maybe even follow later.
I limited google chrome a long time ago when i switched back to firefox for good
Firefox's decision to move to WebExtensions is starting to look even more questionable, IMO.
Questionable in what way?
It was originally questionable because it completely hobbled extensions, and now Chrome is seeking to hobble the standard even more
Yeah and it'll be very interesting as to what the Firefox fanboys will think then when that continues gaining traction.
I'll go back to what I said - all browsers are generally shit in one way or another. And they influence one and another. Very few browsers keep up the fight but browser hopping will be entirely meaningless when these people are out to redesign the web in their visage.
You can consider me a Firefox fanboy if you like - I certainly prefer it to the alternatives. Firefox made a bad decision to follow Chrome, and then Chrome made it event worse, so I don't think the fanboys will be moved from their support when the alternatives are worse.
On mobile I'm using DDG as primary browser. Firefox as secondary.
On my personal machine it's Firefox and Chromium.
For my job I use Thorium as main (switched coming from Brave), Chrome, Firefox and Edge.
Could do without Chrome any day.
On mobile I'm using DDG as primary browser.
Don't get me wrong, DDG's app is a massive step up in privacy, but it's hardly a browser, it's simply a WebView frontend. You're pretty much still using Chrome.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
A year later, Google is restarting the phase-out schedule, and while it has changed some things, Chrome will eventually be home to inferior filtering extensions.
Google's blog post says the plan to kill Manifest V2, the current format for Chrome extensions, is back on starting June 2024.
The company says: "We expect it will take at least a month to observe and stabilize the changes in pre-stable before expanding the rollout to stable channel Chrome, where it will also gradually roll out over time.
On the high end now for me, Slack is drinking 500MB, while a single Google Chat tab, created by this company that is so concerned about performance, is at 1.5GB of memory usage.
Google is adding a completely arbitrary limit on how many "rules" content filtering add-ons can include, which are needed to keep up with the nearly infinite ad-serving sites that are out there (by the way, Ars Technica subscriptions give you an ad-free reading experience and make a great holiday gift!).
Mozilla's blog post on the subject promises "Firefox’s implementation of Manifest V3 ensures users can access the most effective privacy tools available like uBlock Origin and other content-blocking and privacy-preserving extensions."
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I know Firefox is the popular option here, but do we have any serious non-google managed Chromium based browser options out there that don't have some weird gimmick?
Vivaldi
+1 for Vivaldi. If you remember old, Presto-era Opera you'll feel right at home with it. I know there are some people who moved from Firefox to it, too.
Only thing is, their integrated adblocker doesn't support cosmetic filtering right now, but it's in the works.
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Brave leads chrome-based browsers in terms of privacy and security, as long as you don't mind its endless controversies.
I'm only using Chrome for work because the profile switching & syncing is so much smoother and our company is split into two primary brands - my brain handles it better with an individual browser profile for each.
We're consolidating everything into one next year, meaning I can ditch the second browser!
I've tried setting up a second profile but it was just too much effort to get it working and bring everything across from both, then do the same on my laptop for travel, so I'll just wait for now.
Multi account containers. Check it out.
I really don't understand why Mozilla doesn't add a profile switch icon in Firefox.
Most people probably have no idea that Firefox can do profiles or some of the stuff it can do with them (sync online, send tabs between devices etc.)
"Limit"
That's okay. Literally the only thing I use chrome for is gmail.
Chrome has some special method / offline client built-in to access Gmail? Do not know anyone who just does not use Gmail web client https://gmail.com
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