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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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[–] Porka_911@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chrome does have a use, namely Selenium and automation.

I'm guilty of having Chrome on my PC, as I need to nerf over my favourites to Firefox.

Firefox is my browser of choice on my Google Pixel 7, but then again no doubt it makes little difference.

I just choose to use a VPN, so any targeted adverts are blocked regardless of the profile built up from my browsing habits.

[–] CHKMRK@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

You can use the Gecko webdriver for Selenium

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I would love to and have tried. But I've found too many times that Firefox just doesn't work for some sites. And unfortunately some of those sites are needed for my work.

[–] GeneralHu@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

You getting fked here or there. So don't think it matters that much.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 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.

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[–] Breno@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I might consider it if they ever implement a modern sidebar like the rest of the others.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

I used chrome for less then 1 day ..it always sucked

[–] livendie@discuss.online 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The me from 6months back would be onboard with this idea, I don't really recommend firefox anymore. It's a bloated mess run by a very questionable corp. I had to move to PaleMoon, it's the only acceptable browser for me now.
Here are some links for your reading pleasure...
Mozilla - Devil Incarnate
How to choose a browser for your daily use?

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[–] finnie@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (14 children)

On a Windows machine absolutely. On MacOS, why not trust safari? The battery management for Safari is fantastic.

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[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)
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[–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The time for everyone to do that was 10 years ago. It's too late, Chromium won. I'm pretty sure even manifest v3 isn't going to kill it's market share when it finally drops.

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