Technology

59582 readers

3910 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

3216

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

1000 comments fedilink hide all child comments

With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

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

Google invested millions in making the fastest JS engine called V8. It is so good that it made JS a feasible backend language (node.js). I have a really fast machine so JS scripts cannot slow it down and Firefox's spidermonkey is more than fast enough and I really enjoy Firefox user experience

[–] qyron@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I was impressed with Chromium but not enough to turn away from FF any time soon.

The machine I use on a daily basis is under powered, at best, for the demands of nowadays; it still does its job but it would appreciate being relegated for less intensive functions. But the moment I upgrade for a newer machine, my complaints will be going out the window and my small differences with FF along with it.

But objectively, I have to admit, based on my personal experience, that Chromium is faster than FF on my machine and less resource hungry.