Google is gradually introducing a new method for delivering targeted ads in Chrome that aims to bypass the controversy surrounding cookies by using browsing history instead. This…
Instructions for a better browsing experience can be found at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/
This is the way.
Firefox gets like 90% of its revenue from making Google the default search engine.
If you want to keep Firefox independent consider donating:
Bad advice. Donations to Mozilla go to the Foundation to fulfill it’s ‘mission’, whatever it is, whereas FF development is done by Mozilla Corp. which can’t legally take donations. Don’t waste your money.
I think you’re over thinking it. The foundation owns the corporation. The foundation has 10 principles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Manifesto
If you agree with them, consider donating.
I’m not overthinking. It is what it is. You can’t donate directly to impulse FF development. But you may buy subscriptions to Pocket/Relay or Mozilla VPN.
That said, I frankly don’t know what Mozilla is up these days, nor I am interested in their survival. As far as I am concerned, they could disappear today and my life wouldn’t change a single bit. I’d prefer to donate money to really useful ORGs on the likes of archive, wikipedia, OSM, Arch Linux, EFF and so on. Today’s Mozilla is just a cash-grab mismanaged scam.
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla
I get it about the corporation issues but do you even dislike firefox? Do you think it would be positive to have one less alternative to chrome? What browser do you use?
- Yes, I dislike it.
- I have been using FF for almost 20 years. Left it in 2021. The crappy redesign has been the last straw for me, after few years of seriuos UX/UI decline. And no, I’m not going to waste my time unfucking it using about:config or CSS.
- I use Brave and pretty like it. I don’t care what people may think of it or its CEO. It’s a fine browser and the community is way less toxic than Mozilla’s one. I’ll keep using it.
- I don’t care (anymore) if Firefox lives or die (it’s doomed anyway, thanks to Mozilla).
You, sir have no idea how lazy you are. You are helping Google. Firefox is the only mainstream alternative that isn’t just chromium.
Here’s how to turn that off:
- Uninstall Google Chrome
- Install Firefox, Ungoogled Chromium, or, heck, Vivaldi
- Stop trusting Google
There we go, problem solved.
here’s how to turn that off
Install firefox
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TL;DR: use Firefox
Install Firefox?
That was my solution anyway.
Yup. Took care of that last week on all devices. No regrets.
Is there any good way to get Firefox on my nvidia shield? Current version has a huge banner at the top that doesn’t go away.
Best solution: Stop using Chrome.
It’s not the fastest nor the most feature rich anymore, not even the simplest.
Chrome is not a web browser anymore. It’s a ad browser.
To all the “use Firefox” people, my work website requires Chrome, so I appreciate this OP.
If it blocks you from opening the page if you use firefox, there is a firefox extension(agent switcher) to trick the website into thinking you are using a different OS or browser
If it doesnt work, you can use ungoogled chromium or chromium
Edit: if neither work, you can try to use the user agent switcher extension on chromium
You can use Chromium for that. Also it’s not a website then.
nope. thought so too until i had to install chrome in the middle of a meeting.
Also it’s not a website then.
?
Because what would be the practical difference between this “website” and Android app if Android base was available on others systems?
Both are dependent on specific runtime, both are API based, with special way to do persistant storage (usually not for user to view), both have restrictive permission system, both isolate apps from each other… The only difference is Chrome does not have centralized app store and still has compatibility with regular websites.
You can call it whatever you want, I need it for work. Also, Safari is Chromium and the site doesn’t work in Safari either. Whatever the Indian coders they contracted to make it did it in some way that only Chrome works.
But if you don’t want me to thank OP, fine. I withdraw my thanks.
Safari uses Apple’s own WebKit. Firefox uses Gecko. Besically every other browser uses Chromium.
Uhh, whoever told you that Safari was chromium played a good prank on you
Chromium is a fork of webkit Edge is now a fork of chromium Gecko/quantum do their own thing.
Aside from some edge cases in Linux land, those are the engines.
“Don’t be evil”.
I don’t remember chrome ever looking like that with that button on the top left, did they really use a picture of Firefox with a custom theme for their article about Chrome?
The image was first used on their site in another article in 2020.
Tineye turns up a lot of usages.
The original seems to be from shutterstock, which also has an alternate angle available. The artist describes it as “Google Chrome homepage on computer screen”.
In conclusion: idk if that’s firefox.
That is Firefox. I remember.
Even THEY don’t want to install Chrome for an article…
I think Firefox Australis with classic theme restorer could look like this, navigated to the Google Chrome homepage.
I think even very old Chrome had the settings menu where it is today, with a toolbox icon.
It sounds like Google could have done a much better job announcing and explaining how the new system works. This is a definite improvement in privacy over the “cookie” standard in advertising. I don’t know if turning this off just keeps you locked-in to using cookies, but it doesn’t turn off identification like a lot of you seem to imply.
To those of you out there not using an adblocker: this new system eliminates the use of advertiser-based cookies. All your identification is based on a minimal number of categories based on your browsing history. It doesn’t send your actual history to an advertiser, just some (5, I think?) topics that have held your interest within the last few weeks. I’m sure there’s a list of these keywords sent to the ad-server so it can decide what to send. I don’t really care what they are, because I’m in the next group.
To those of you out there using Firefox and/or an adblocker: carry on, nothing to see here. Keep promoting your favorite non-Chrome based browser and adblocker.
You guys are using chrome?
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Wtf is that thumbnail? Looks like pre Australis firefox ui on the get chrome page lmao
