cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/2514293
Extensions. AdBlock for Phoenix was a killer feature.
It's not chrome / chrome-based. We need to have any choice. As Chrome is very, very loved by corporations, and Firefox hated... it means that for personal use it's the best browser available.
A major reason for me is manifest v3 and other shenanigans designed to neuter ad blockers. Secondary to that is promoting web renderer diversity - as a web dev I don't want to go back to the days where we could only afford to cater to one engine - chromium / blink in this case.
Because it's NOT Google and Firefox not embracing WebBundles or the “Web Integrity API” standard from Google. Google want to INTRODUCE DRM on the web.
And just recently YouTube (==Google) now also have very strict medical policy, so it can only follow the WHO guidelines. Google is evil, look out. Even Dr. Eric Berg is getting censored. Look out people.
For me, it's not as memory efficient as something like Edge, but it handles having a lot of tabs open much better. It also has a lot of powerful features under the hood, and some really good power user addons, like Tab Groups.
I really like the developer tools. I always the install the developer edition (which is basically just the beta) and I find the defaults and menus more intuitive than Chrome’s, though at this point, they’re probably at feature parity. I could probably get Chrome to work how I want by changing settings but why? It’s not faster or better at this point.
I have ideological reasons too but honestly, the main reason is just that I like Firefox better. As a developer, it’s also nice to have Chromium (or Google Chrome) completely clean. If there’s a bug I can’t recreate in Firefox, I can open Chrome with no extensions or cache. Since that’s sort of the “default” for most users, it’s nice to keep my daily driver separate.
I use it since I know computers and it's better for Adblockimg than Chromium based browsers nowdays.
A couple reasons:
Tree style tabs. Can't live without it anymore
Is this an extension? I found multiple ones. Which one are you using?
https://github.com/piroor/treestyletab/ This is the one I use. I don't know if this works on linux, I didn't look at the community when I posted originally my apologies.
Addons should not be dependent on your OS, unless there's some third party program that comes with them that is exclusive to it (like KDE Connect).
I have been using Firefox since I can remember. That it is open source is a huge plus. The features it offers are great.
Originally I started to use it because I'd heard there was a new update to its rendering engine that made it feel faster/better than chrome. After testing it out I did think it felt better at the very least. Now I'm using it mostly for the same reasons and to reduce my dependence on Google/Chrome.
Many reasons. Many of which is down to how Google as a company is reaching between the proverbial couch cushions to get at the loose change to make a profit. Default opt-in tracking, breaking ad-blockers, and probably more which I forgot about since I abandoned Chrome years ago.
Chrome on android becomes unbearable with ads, and full screen vid ads when i just want to read the news. Use ff for the addon.
I've been using Firefox since 2002 when it first became available, at that point it was called Mozilla. It's definitely the browser that I've used the most in about 25 years of browsing the Internet from home. Firefox has a great native Linux version and seems to be widely promoted by most distros. Since switching to Linux seven years ago I also started using Chromium (not to be confused with Chrome) and Opera, both of which also have great native Linux versions.
Not my main but Firefox containers are damn handy.
I only use it so that I can watch DRM content (Udemy, HBO, etc)
More open and honest and fight for privacy. Also their devtools are top notch.
Because Chromium and its derivatives suck. Is it really too much to ask for a traditional menu bar rather than a stupid hamburger menu?
It came preinstalled.
Are they the most privacy respecting? no.
are they privacy respecting ENOUGH? sure
For add-ons, mostly. I use Tree-Style Tabs and can't live without it at this point.
I was shown it by a mate, along with soulseek, in like, 2006 or so when in sixth form. It was way better than what I was using at the time (IE)
At least that's what I remember, pretty sure that was the date. I remember soulseek was before by a bit actually as we used it for trading At the Drive In and Mars Volta tracks
I've carried on using it because of plugins, adblocks, privacy, etc.
I can't find any reason to use an alternative browser
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