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[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 77 points 11 months ago (5 children)

And it’s always been Firefox since day one. Out of the ashes of Netscape Navigator rose Firefox and Mozilla have been one of the only bastions of the free and open web ever since. I honestly don’t understand why anyone would use another browser.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fear of change and effective marketing. Those are the only reasons.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sadly chromium is often the only supported browser for a lot of web apps. Sometimes not even chromium but just chrome in particular. Chrome has basically inherited all the downsides of internet explorer of yesteryear except it doesn’t run like shit yet.

[–] lobster@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if it’s really a lack of support and not just a user agent string check for lazy development.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

and google sabotaging shit so it only works on their platform.

Like they did with youtube and Edge (before they finally gave in to googles terrorism and switched edge to chrome base)

like they are doing with youtube and adblockers.

[–] Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I’ll say this. I use chrome and I KNOW I need to switch to Mozilla. It’s just such a pain to switch that I inevitably go back. Maybe this is the wake up call I need.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

SeaMonkey is not dead yet.

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cuz Firefox was for a long time just some shiiiiiiit. It was overloaded, blocky, seemed outdated etc., so ie wasn't any worse. When chrome came, whooo.

Now tho, I am simply still prejudiced against it. And I found Edge suits me ideally so I don't care for any other browser. Until my adblock stops working, then I'll run.

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I also left Firefox for Chrome many years ago during that time period, but Firefox has been good again for quite some time. They did a big refresh called Quantum several years back and solved most of those issues. Give it a try.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

They also solved the "issue" of XULRunner and all associated functionality, not offering anything instead.

I had to move from conkeror, and now jump between FF and SeaMonkey. The latter lags behind a bit in porting FF functionality.

To each his own, I guess.