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Google Has Removed Manifest V2 Extensions From the Chrome Web Store, Including uBlock Origin (webiterate.dev)
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[–] anewfox@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

nobody ever seems to detail what kinda bloat they mean when they say that, i don't think they actually thought about it that deeply. nobody complains about anything specific like XUL support, for example.

[–] narinciye@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

In my experience, there was a period when Firefox crashed all over the place, especially under heavy load. Tabs shared the same process back then, one tab could take down whole the browser session when crashed. I vividly remember how it felt so silky when i switched to chrome. Now I am back to Firefox since 3 years. Firefox is the sexier now with all the shiny addons

[–] Crit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Maybe in like Firefox 4 days

[–] SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah Firefox was kind of a hog around 2013. I have a netbook that I've kept around since like 2014 and I remember when I first got it, it couldn't really run Firefox. Firefox would freeze up and crash. Funily enough today Firefox runs better on that 2014 netbook than chrome does.

I also had a high end gaming PC at the time and Firefox always ran fine as long as you had the reaources to run it.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Well, that was 2011, so...

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I guess right before Firefox Quantum?