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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)

submitted 2 years 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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[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I think i've only ever used Firefox since i got the internet (2009), but that also makes my reccomendation kinda moot because i haven't used any other browser. How can i say that Firefox is better than Chrome if i've never used Chrome?

Another side effect is that i'm well aware of all the issues Firefox has, since it's all i've ever used, all the browser issues i've had were in Firefox.

[–] guidothekillerpimp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I wish FF would natively support text replacement in macOS. This shouldn’t need an extension to accomplish a pretty basic thing.

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/support-macos-text-replacement/idi-p/15219

[–] ggnoredo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I never used chrome

[–] life_is_coffee@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Chrome is everywhere and everything is built on it or optimized for it.

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[–] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Jokes on you. I've never used Chrome (outside of work limitations). I always liked the way Firefox looked over Chrome so never really got into it. I do use Edge Chromium every so often since some pages work better, but not sure if this would apply or not.

Also, does anyone know about the Duckduckgo beta browser, specifically what engine it uses? I tried it on a couple pages, but it seems pretty buggy right now.

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[–] titaalik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I'd love to get away from Chromium based browsers. At the moment I am using Brave.

Is there any other browser that works on and syncs between: MacOS, iPhone / iPad AND Windows? It also has to have adblock capabilities on all of the devices. FireFox with uBlock Origin would be my first choice but afaik you can't block ads on iPad / iPhone on it.

Any recommendations?

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