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I mean I use Firefox, but why is it a better alternative? (I think I started using it cause it doesn’t stop screen sharing on discord)
Mainly because it’s not a Chromium based browser. Chrome is making it hard/impossible to use adblock, and if Firefox were to die for whatever reason, Google would basically monopolize the way we interact with the internet (which it has almost done already)
uBlock Origin (the good ad blocker) works best on Firefox because Google made it impossible for it to work as well on Chrome, and all browsers based on Chrome inherit that flaw. uBlock Origin is better because the developers don’t have an “acceptable ads” program where they let some ads through, like Adblock Plus does.
Also, the developers of Adblock Plus let websites buy their way into the Acceptable Ads program.
https://ublockorigin.com/
https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads
https://restoreprivacy.com/report-ad-blockers-allowing-acceptable-ads/
Firefox stopped working on my pc so I switched to opera
Sounds like your PC might need a refresh. Apps don’t usually break for no reason.
Yeah, I know, but I really like how opera remembers tabs, so I might keep it anyway
Firefox remembers tabs as well, there are many days where ill start Firefox and ill be looking at the same tabs I’m looking at when i last closed it, and if not there’s always the “restore previous session” option in the history menu.
Thx, I’ll look into it
I switched to Firefox two years ago and never looked back :) Google chrome is transphobic
Firefox mobile with uBlock origin is a fucking godsend, the mobile web is nigh unusable without it because of ads.
It’s also part of why I don’t use apps for things like YouTube: I don’t have to deal with ads if I just access the site like normal via Firefox.
Revanced my guy
If you want to put in a little effort: Youtube Revanced is the official Youtube app without ads
Whenever I’m watching someone else use a browser and I see how many ads there are, I realize how great UBlock is.
God tier is Firefox nightly with uBlock origin and shinigami eyes (isn’t installable on other mobile Firefox apps)
You need to be able to see how long people have until they die?
(What does “Shinigami Eyes” do?)
Shinigami Eyes is a browser extension for Firefox and chrome that will change the link color of different sites and online profiles depending on whether they are trans friendly or anti-trans. It’s community driven on the info it uses and saves time of researching an individual, company, or site to figure out if they are dangerous to us or not.
Librewolf is great; ngl it feels like vanilla Firefox has gotten too comfortable pushing sponsored content as of late
Tbf Mozilla needs money to keep doing good work, and I don’t mind “paying” for Firefox like that when the only alternatives are “paying” by letting Google track and sell my personal data.
That is true. But honestly, when it comes to software I’d just rather be left alone, it’s why I moved from Windows in the first place.
I totally wouldn’t mind donating to Mozilla in some other way though.
I’m pretty sure they accept donations
Good to know, I’ll be sure to donate then
That money’s going to Mozila tho (or the Mozilla foundation or something, I never get the exact details right without looking up).
Anyway, the point is it will not be used to fund Firefox development if that is where you intend it to go. Can’t, for legal reasons or other bs.
Probably no harm in donating whatsover, they do other great stuff aswell, just YSK.
as far ar I know:
the corporation builds the browser
the foundation does activism (and owns the corporation)
MZLA only exists because thunderbird needed some legal entity after Mozilla handed it over to the community
don’t donate. they don’t go to the browser
buy the VPN if you can. or pocket premium if such thing exists. those go to the browser
Should I post this in opra gxs replies?
Reject Manifest V3, return to fox browser.
i know this is a joke, but: firefox is still implementing manifest v3. the difference is that they’re keeping WebRequest
Yes, but they will keep supporting MV2 “for the foreseeable future”, which means that all old extensions should keep working. It is going to be somewhat scary when they decide to remove MV2 support, but for now we are good.
IIRC they said that they will keep MV2 until they are able to make the extensions work without MV2
LibreWolf is the best browser
Ok but Firefox is kinda bad compared to Edge, functionality wise. It beats it in privacy hands down though.
What features is Firefox possibly missing?
The only thing I use Edge for is work because we do a lot of stuff through Azure so it makes some things easier.
But never on my own computers.
I found Firefox WAY before i found Lemmy, no Chrome on my machines, UBlock Origin, Noscript, Facebook Container, Video Downloadhelper, Firefox lets one retake control
If you like Facebook containers, try the Firefox Container Tabs extension.
I wuv firefox :3
I’m on Vivaldi AFTER Firefox. Am I a pos-furry?
Vivaldi gang
can’t hear to the others over the sound of my lateral bars and easy tab tilling
Is Chromium
I went to Firefox when Chrome made their position on adblock perfectly clear. Ublock Origin still works on FF babeeeee
alright now put on the ears and install Arch
Not to mention the Firefox app on Android allows add-ons so you can use Ublock Origin on it too.
Already have, and my Lemmy instance is iusearchlinux.fyi
Love me some Brave…I use Firefox when that has issues though.
fyi brave is owned by a homophobe and they profit from putting their ads on content creators’ accounts without asking them first
well fuck
Feels like I can’t support anything without finding out it’s run by pure evil- or that it’s in the process of being ruined.
Fail again
Brave is chromium