• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla’s focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google’s ad-centric approach, making Firefox a viable alternative.

    • @Shaggy1050@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Same here. I left for about 10 years but started coming back gradually a few years ago. After everything that happened this year, I made the full switch to Mozilla on all my devices. I’m very happy to be back though!

    • @helmet91@lemmy.world
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      107 months ago

      Why is it such a big deal? I don’t regret anything. Back in the days when Google was a cool company and Chrome appeared, it totally made sense to use Chrome. After they gradually started to get more and more hostile, I switched to Firefox. It was just a matter of exporting and importing bookmarks and setting up some plugins. And changing the search engine.

      • Altima NEO
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        7 months ago

        I tried chrome when it released. It was a neat curiosity, but I never found it to perform so much better than Firefox that I needed to switch.

    • @slaacaa@lemmy.world
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      87 months ago

      Same, I deeply regret leaving. Mostly happened due to peer pressure in uni, where everybody was thinking google is cool, and you had to use a lot of google products for classwork. Now google has their tentacles attached all over my online life, and switching feels like preparing for a divorce. Though at least I’m not using Android anymore

      • KptnAutismus
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        97 months ago

        you could’ve just degoogled your phone, if it’s comatible with any custom ROMs. android itself is open source, but the preinstalled apps and services are not. that’s where the spyware is. (we will never even know how much spyware is embedded in IOS, because it’s closed source)

    • @sock@lemmy.world
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      37 months ago

      i feel like firefox used to suck

      or did chrome used to not suck so much?

      or was i a sucker for bandwagon and marketing