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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Frostwolf@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

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[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Alright. Then please tell me a way to circumvent site compatibility enforcement and I will gladly ditch any chrome-related browsers (that most sites are enforcing to use it nowadays) for the beloved fox on fire.

-EDIT And what do you have to say about this? https://youtu.be/_JNg4Ox2Hvc?t=512 .Its a very recent video and has some interesting takes about firefox.

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What websites don't work? I've only had warnings for some test taking sites (although usually it works fine anyway.) If there's no actual compatibility issues and it's just enforcing it for the sake of it this should do the trick.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anything related to cloud gaming (GeforceNOW, XCloud). And I've already tried a user switch on those sites and it simply doesn't work (site refuses to load, etc.).

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, yeah that would make sense. You can always just keep a copy of ungoogled chromium. Some of those might even support web apps, which would make sense for a cloud gaming site.

[–] WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here you go: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/ That will work most of the time if there really isn't something special from a browser that the website needs.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried using it and it simply doesn't work (site either refuses to load or stops loading halfway). Thanks anyways.

[–] WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like they need something specific from chrome then. No real way around it, if those sites don't really have privacy concerns then i'd only use chrome for them.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. Thank you.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

What sites are requiring it? I haven't hit any issues in a couple years.