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With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I only ever tried Chrome on school computers but it was useless, always kept crashing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Interesting. I switched to Firefox and will stay there, but I must say, Chrome is the most polished browser I've used. Firefox is a weird buggy mess that constantly freezes.

The Android version is clunky as hell, also.

Not to mention they finally fixed an issue with the print dialog in Firefox after months and me reporting it every single update.

Still sticking with Firefox, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

You're getting downvoted for an opinion, but I'm upvoting you because I actually want to know the downsides of switching, because I'm considering it myself. Is there any truth to what you're saying, or do people just not like you saying something bad about firefox? I don't mind downsides to switching, I'd just like to be aware of them first so I don't get surprised and frustrated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Everytime Firefox updates I have to restart the entire browser or it won't let me open a new tab. This has been going on for years. As a dev, I can't dynamically edit source during runtime ever since the Quantum update. It's noticeably slower these days, which is especialy bad on mobile/laptops due to battery life. If you're on Windows, you don't get video super sampling (NVIDIA) or HDR videos.

I wouldn't call it a buggy mess that crashes frequently, but it's certainly constantly getting on my nerves.

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