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Firefox has a lot of issues, but maybe we don't have any other option. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled

Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.

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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (13 children)

Firefox has a lot of issues

I dunno... I mean, what are your expectations?

Ultimately I have actual problems in my life, my browser choice is an absolutely marginal decision I make when the actual goal is to visit a website that in itself is usually just a tiny component of something else - say ordering something, checking on a piece of information, etc etc.

It's kinda weird to even think so much about browsers - excluding when you are actively developing for/with them - that you recognize issues beyond a single big one like "Has no support for an adblocker". I can get behind that being big enough to matter in regards to which browser is usable or not.

But again, if you develop for Firefox or an addon for it, I can see why details matter and you'd probably have a long laundry list of issues, sure.

[–] CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dunno… I mean, what are your expectations?

Honestly, some sites just don't want to work properly. Firefox is my main browser. For some reason, Dicks Sporting Goods has like a 50% success rate on whether the page wants to load correctly. I fire up Brave when I'm looking at their website.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Use an extension to spoof your useragent, and it will probably load just fine

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If it works intermittently like that it's probably just crap code, and it will be crap in any browser.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, it's not intermittent; it's useragent specific. There are a lot of websites that will work fine in Chrome or Edge, won't work properly in Firefox, but will work properly in Firefox when you lie and say you're running Chrome

[–] mihor@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

That should be illegal. And punished with public flogging of the persons responsible.

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