• @pearsaltchocolatebar
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    454 hours ago

    Because Google is trying to turn the internet into a walled garden where only people with Chrome can visit the majority of websites.

    • @abbadon420@lemm.ee
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      124 hours ago

      I’ve been been a full time Firefox user for three years now. Haven’t experience a single problem like that. Haven’t really experienced any problem at all to be honest

      • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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        83 hours ago

        Unfortunately that has not been the case for me. Some sites for buying concert tickets don’t seem to like Firefox.

        I’ve had problems with several Microsoft sites we use internally for work ever since Edge went to Chrome.

        It’s not Firefox’s fault. Mozilla is abiding by web standards.

        • Ghoelian
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          53 hours ago

          If you find any websites that don’t work with firefox, you should report them to Mozilla. Firefox has a list of known bad websites, and has fixes for them, usually just a user agent override.

      • @pearsaltchocolatebar
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        44 hours ago

        Your past experiences with Firefox are irrelevant because we’re talking about the future.

        • @abbadon420@lemm.ee
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          I know. My experience with Chrome used to be good too. And we all know what’s up now.

          If Firefox fucks up, I’m fine with abandoning ship and moving on to the next thing. I’m not sure what that would be, but I’m sure I’ll figure that out once we get there.

          • @pearsaltchocolatebar
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            62 hours ago

            That’s the problem. Google is working so that there’s not going to be a next thing.

            • @abbadon420@lemm.ee
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              12 hours ago

              That is concerning, but Internet Explorer used to be the only option too. Of course things are different now, but I have faith (for lack of anything else).

              • @pearsaltchocolatebar
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                11 hour ago

                That was for a different reason, though. That was Microsoft forcing you to use their software on something you owned. A website can say, “you have to use chrome to access our site,” and that’s not antitrust behavior on the part of Google.

          • @webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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            Thats the thing.

            There is basically no alternative. Firefox exists on the mercy of google which is its biggest donor.

            There are very few attempts at a truly open source browser and neither can tackle the biggest problem, which is google pushing websites to adopt their standards, weaponizing ad income to guarantee compliance.

            Currently more then 80% of internet users have a chromium browser while websites creation for many entities is often outsourced out of lack of own IT knowledge. When firefox dies there will be no economic insensitive to build sites accessible by anything but chromium.

            Low key i wish this fires back into anarchy. I hate the corporate web and the only sites i like to see are those free of economic insensitive and all in on an ethical free digital world.

      • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        try changing your user-agent to mock chrome in Firefox while you visit YouTube.

        you should see a drastic difference in UX.

        • @abbadon420@lemm.ee
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          23 hours ago

          I tried YouTube in Chrome on desktop (for about 2 minutes) and I didn’t notice any difference. I’ll just keep using NewPipe on my phone though.

          • @GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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            12 hours ago

            it takes a whole 10 extra seconds for the interface to be usable for me in Firefox. but not when I spoof the user-agent as chrome.

            at least that’s how it was about 4 months ago.

        • @abbadon420@lemm.ee
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          12 hours ago

          NewPipe exclusively. YouTube has been unusable long before I fully moved back to FireFox.