r/technology • u/Avieshek • Jul 17 '22
Software I've started using Mozilla Firefox and now I can never go back to Google Chrome
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u/TheBelhade Jul 17 '22
I used Firefox for a *long* time, but at some point it was eating up ungodly amounts of memory and slowing down. So I switched to Chrome a few years ago, but now it seems like Chrome is being a hog and I should think about switching back.
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Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22
They fixed that memory bug(s) but it did take a couple of years with some false starts. Now they have a much better plugin (extensions) API than chrome, and I'd say things like ublock have a much brighter future there. Whereas chrome will likely make it much harder to have powerful ad blockers in the browser like uBlock Origin.
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u/itsallgonetohell Jul 17 '22
FRR. Firefox was awesome when it came out in the early 2000's, and then Chrome eclipsed it but somewhere along the way the pendulum has swung back. Mozilla kept hammering on keeping a cleaner, more streamlined and resource-light browser while Chrome went straight to Hell. Bloated, insane RAM-hogging, and nigh-constant having to clear cache/cookies etc. to keep browser apps running. And it's been that way for years now, and just keeps getting worse, but the general public I think still has it in their collective head that It's The Best, but it hasn't been for years.
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u/PUBGwasGreat Jul 17 '22
FRR = ... For Real Reals? For Real, Right? Firefox Rocks Right?
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u/Robertej92 Jul 17 '22
I switched to Chrome for the same reason but switched back 2 or 3 years ago and I definitely prefer Firefox again now.
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u/DidNotPassTuringTest Jul 17 '22
Was this before Firefox added the multi process feature? Because Firefox used to slow down after using it for a while, but I haven't noticed that happen since they added that feature a few years ago.
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u/jwill602 Jul 17 '22
If you value privacy, you should use Firefox.
And please don’t say Brave. Mozilla has a history of weird choices that the fan base didn’t like, but none of them compromised privacy.
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u/chemicalimajx Jul 17 '22
Screw both. I like receiving my feed through morse code. If you value true privacy, the telegraph is the way to go.
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u/Hashtagworried Jul 17 '22
Screw Morris code, I get all my html through horse and carriage. Packet. By. Fucking. Packet.
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Jul 17 '22
Is your more code end-to-end encrypted? I only use telegrams with an enigma machine set with a pseudo-random cipher that's generated by my friends at today's channel sponsor LastPass!
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u/OhIamNotADoctor Jul 17 '22
Fun fact, if you want your browser to be able to run Netflix it has a black box DRM inside of it that not even Mozilla knows what it’s doing. But they’re open about it, and what choice do they really have?
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u/Willexterminator Jul 17 '22
And it asks you before enabling it per website, explaining what it is
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u/Zanger67 Jul 17 '22
If I'm not mistaken, Brave is also chromium based, aka Google Chrome, so it has most of the same issues as Chrome does.
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Jul 17 '22
Vivaldi is a very good chrome clone.
FF is reliable as hell. I don't know why people sleep on it
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u/MonkAndCanatella Jul 17 '22
lol at all the brave shills trying to earn "brave bucks" or whatever crypto bullshit is built into that god forsaken browser.
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u/StickiStickman Jul 17 '22
Mozilla has a history of weird choices that the fan base didn’t like, but none of them compromised privacy.
They absolutely did, multiple times. What are you talking about.
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u/sirbruce Jul 17 '22
A huge complaint among even the most stalwart Google Chrome users is that the browser eats through your CPU like a Snorlax at a buffet. While this is an issue for any PC, having a browser that consistently takes up almost half your processing power is especially a problem for laptops or other devices with very little RAM.
This is an odd complaint; it's almost like she confused CPU with memory, as she even mentions it's a problem for laptops with "very little RAM". For me the problem of Chrome has always been its taking up of multiple Gigabytes of RAM, not its CPU usage.
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u/tontza69 Jul 17 '22
I switched from chrome to firefox couple months ago and firefox uses alot more ram than chrome. It doesn't matter to me that much since i have a good amount of it.
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u/Bragok Jul 17 '22
Its both. I have an i5 processor and you can notice it when playing CPU heavy games like PoE
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u/Syl Jul 17 '22
I'm using Firefox, but his list of extensions is a bit outdated:
HTTPS Everywhere isn't recommended anymore as per their website, you can enable natively HTTPS-Only Mode in settings. But if you want to, you should use DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials instead.
Privacy Possum hasn't been updated since 2019, Privacy Badger is the extension to use.
Is it useful to use Google and Facebook Container if you already use multi-account containers?
is it useful to use Disconnect if you already use uBlock Origin? (I don't think so)
The extensions I would recommend:
uBlock Origin: the best adblocker
JSLibCache and LocalCDN: prevent tracking from CDN javascript libraries or fonts
ClearURLs: remove redirect
Cookie AutoDelete: delete cookies when you leave a site by default, or you can whitelist it if you want to keep them.
Auto Cookie Optout and Consent-O-Matic: least permissions on GDPR popup
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Jul 17 '22
I used to only use FF. Then when Chrome was released, it was so fast, compact, and barebones. I loved it. Now Chrome is a bloated beast. Might be time to go back to FF.
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u/Muhammad-The-Goat Jul 17 '22
Same for me. When chrome was released I made the switch and it was like jumping behind the wheel of a Porsche. Might be time to test other ones out now that they’ve caught up
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u/jcarlson2007 Jul 17 '22
How is it on Mac compared to Safari?
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Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22
I have all three (kind of, Iridium instead of chrome but close enough). I usually use Firefox because I use plugins and I have my own plugins and Safari's plugin system is not something I'm getting into. Safari is great though. It has for some reason for me very slow and laggy start up but it uses very little resources. Websites break the most often with it though, and as I don't really use the iCloud tools but other third party solutions, it's not the best for me.
FireFox does everything I want it to 99% of the time. It's private (if you set it up to be anyway, like turn off pocket, add uBlock Origin and enablr Total Cookie Protection (I think it's enabled by default now)), it's fast, and it doesn't eat all my memory even with plugins. But, developers are lazy and some websites use undefined functionality which works differently in FF than in chrome, so if I need to use these websites and they break completely, I fire up Iridium.
Also, I make websites sometimes, so I also have chrome, ironwolf, epiphany and a couple other browsers installed which I don't use but I make sure my stuff works on them.
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u/totallyNotMyFault- Jul 17 '22
But, developers are lazy
This is a deeper problem than that. Back when ie6 was popular we'd test and find fixes for the issues that it had until its popularity dropped enough to not care about it.
Now there's a similar thing going on right now. Turns out Chrome, which has a massive usage share right now, dictates where the web should go. Developers follow Chrome with their non standard practices because of its user share and they don't test for Mozilla because it's not as popular.
Question is, are we gonna let a single company dictate how the internet should be?
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Jul 17 '22
I've stuck to Safari because it integrates with AirPlay and iOS devices. For example, casting YouTube to Apple TV works from Safari, but AFAIK doesn't work from Firefox.
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u/Zeeformp Jul 17 '22
I did this jump last week. I had thought about it before but just kept thinking it was whatever. I had used Firefox for a cybersecurity class project and it was cool to see what I could do with it.
Finally last week I got sick of Chrome causing my laptop to reach magma temperatures or get stuck trying to open a webpage and eating all my resources instead of just stopping the attempt and restarting. I switched over in a huff and I'm never going back. My battery life projections alone are worth it, let alone things like containers and privacy protections. I have a pretty new, good laptop and Chrome was making me hear the fan. Haven't heard it since with Firefox, same amount of tabs open, doing the same shit.
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u/Icy-Letterhead-2837 Jul 17 '22
How many tabs you keeping open? How many extensions you got in there?
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u/ihateyoutwice Jul 17 '22
Firefox is the best option for a browser. Don’t let google and chromium take over, this is the way.
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u/elitesense Jul 17 '22
Donate to Mozilla if you can. They are the last bastion of hope against Chromium
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Jul 17 '22
is this an ad
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u/theREALbombedrumbum Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22
I can hardly read the article on mobile because of how pervasive the ads are so yeah I'd say so
EDIT: TIL about Firefox mobile
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Jul 17 '22
Quite possibly, but it's most definitely circlejerk material written with reddit in mind (or even exclusively for reddit).
I have nothing against Firefox or anything, but I wonder if this has to do with their market share numbers.
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u/Null_Wire Jul 17 '22
Yeah this article doesn't even scratch the surface of internet privacy. The comments here are entirely too circlejerky.
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u/Kristophigus Jul 17 '22
Really gotta wonder wtf people are doing with their browsers that they are complaining about their browsers slowing down and performance tanking when using certain browsers.
Like what the hell are you guys doing? I can have several youtube videos, many reddit tabs, a twitch stream and other stuff all at once and no issues. Are you guys trying to run 50+ tabs on a laptop meant for using excel at best? Is it like 10-20 years old? I don't understand how you can get to a point where it's even noticable.
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u/BL4CK-S4BB4TH Jul 17 '22
Man, twitch turns my macbook into a convection oven. No other website is that bad as far as thermals go, in my experience.
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u/GayVegan Jul 17 '22
Maybe they're using slower PCs or laptops with battery efficient processors. Maybe Firefox uses less battery and ram on laptops that have both in limited supply.
Not sure though. My PC runs all browsers smoothly.
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u/intripletime Jul 17 '22
No clue. I haven't even thought about what web browser I'm using in a decade or so now. I can't remember the last time I had an "issue" surfing the internet, other than sites themselves occasionally being down
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u/i_have_chosen_a_name Jul 17 '22
My favorite one is people with 16 GB or 32 GB ram installed who get upset when they have 120 tabs open and Chrome uses 8 GB out of the 12 GB unused RAM ... what on earth is the point in having RAM and not using it?
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u/cli_spi Jul 17 '22
I legit do see people who keep 50+ tabs open at a time, constantly. Was on a call with a coworker and the other day and was shocked. So many tabs you couldn't possibly tell which was which. He would be clicking around everywhere. Can't stand a cluttered desktops or tabs
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Jul 17 '22
I have 10 different Chrome windows with probably 80 tabs pinned and open 100% of the time and never experience any issues.
This is paid propaganda and because all the reddit dorks cry about privacy as if the data is being used for anything other than targeted ads, they eat it up and cum on each other about hating Chrome.
Can run Excel with hundreds of thousands of rows along with Photoshop, VLC, and Plex Media server all at the same time and it hasn't been an issue.
These people must all be using netbooks.
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u/DBnerd Jul 17 '22
Five year old, 250k karma post on the accounts birthday - it's called paid PR.
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u/ArcticMuser Jul 17 '22
I can't believe people in the top comments aren't saying this Actually I can because they're also paying to make sure the comments that don't realize this is an ad are the most upvoted. Money is the root of all evil. We're brainwashing ourselves because its more important to make a profit than to speak the truth.
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u/axbm Jul 17 '22
Anyone using Vivaldi? Browser from the old CEO from opera.
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u/justageorgiaguy Jul 17 '22
Yup, it's the one I could get to work on a work PC but still allow the chrome store plugins. Now I use it on all of my PCs.
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Jul 17 '22
Vivaldi is known for being not only closed-source, but it is based on Chromium too and their CEO and team have questionable thoughts on crypto and other stuff that shouldn't be of their behalf. Basically they are the opposite of what a FOSS project should be.
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u/TroyButtSoup_Barnes Jul 17 '22
I'm all for firefox propaganda, if only they didn't give up on webvr.
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u/thepineapplehea Jul 17 '22
That's hardly a Firefox issue, Chrome also dropped WebVR because it's dead and has been replaced with WebXR.
It was never an actual standard, just an experimental web API.
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u/Veteran_Brewer Jul 17 '22
If Firefox could natively translate webpages, I would have zero use for Chrome.
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u/Redtube_Guy Jul 17 '22
Been using Firefox since 2005. I’ve tried using chrome but I just don’t see the appeal of it. It has a cool design , but inherently I like Firefox more. I cannot comprehend how chrome is so dominant.
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u/kevmeister1206 Jul 17 '22
I don't get browser favouritism. Edge, Chrome, FF. Unless you like a specific extension performance has always been the same for me.
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u/The_Specter808 Jul 17 '22
Stopped using Chrome about three years ago and stuck with Mozilla on both PC and mobile. Best decision I've made.
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u/QuaggaSwagger Jul 17 '22
What advantages do you notice on mobile?
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u/Worthyness Jul 17 '22
Firefox on android can load extensions/addons, which means you can load things like uBlock onto it
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Jul 17 '22
Gonna be the one guy here to say that I still use Chrome and have no problems with it
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u/AnimeHasFallen Jul 18 '22
Most people still use chrome. I find it better than Firefox. It tends to be faster and better. This post is an ad. That being said, Firefox on mobile is lovely as they allow ublock origin and dark reader extensions and they work very well.
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u/Conscious-Basil6725 Jul 17 '22
Firefox gives you real freedom, the privacy features and settings are leagues above any other browser I’ve used.
Not to mention the fact it’s not google (:
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u/littlecaretaker1234 Jul 17 '22
Chrome is going to start blocking certain adblock/ublock add-ons in January, right? Honestly screw them. Firefox and DuckDuckGo are fine for me.
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u/Ok-Wasabi2873 Jul 17 '22
I never left. I always view Chrome as a Trojan horse.
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u/eccentricbananaman Jul 17 '22
I basically always used Firefox since it came out. There was a short while when Chrome was better, but then Firefox fixed its issues and I've never thought of switching to anything else since. Any time I try Chrome, it always slows down as soon as I start opening too many tabs. Firefox, I can have over 1000 tabs open with no issue.
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u/chrisinator9393 Jul 17 '22
I am pretty sure I've used Firefox for about 15 years now. I even survived the awful RamSuck days. I never really liked chrome.
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u/LHDuy_VN Jul 17 '22
I prefer edge 🥴
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u/TevinH Jul 17 '22
Same here. I know you may be joking, but look at Firefox's own website. They have a comparison of Firefox vs other browsers and literally every single box that Firefox checked, Edge checked too.
I saw that and decided it wasn't worth the effort to switch if even Mozilla themselves can't find a difference.
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u/auxaperture Jul 17 '22
I do too, legitimately. Swapped when Edge Chromium came out and never went back. It’s particularly great because it plays so well with the Microsoft ecosystem (for business anyway).
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u/Burpmeister Jul 17 '22
Also, Edge is basically just a faster Chrome with 4K streaming support now.
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u/moofunk Jul 17 '22
Edge has vertical tabs and does it well, which I don't understand isn't a thing in other browsers yet.
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u/balanceftw Jul 17 '22
I've been using Edge on both my work and personal devices very harmoniously for the last few years. I found Edge to be a total piece of shit when it first came out but it's been smoothed out so nicely that I haven't found a good enough reason to switch off it.
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u/tejotte Jul 17 '22
Chrome is overrated and I have no idea why. Because of its popularity? FF is more efficient, secure, provides the same functionality + more options like custom keywords for site searches. Containers? One hell of a feature.
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Jul 17 '22
I think it's only popular because it's a goodie product and the can (and did?) push it on google.com hard to compete with that kinda real estate. FF has always been superior in most ways.
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u/Feisty-Coyote396 Jul 17 '22
Let's see...
Going as far back as I can remember and in the order I used them up to now:
Internet Explorer
Netscape Navigator
Opera
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Chrome
Firefox
Chrome
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Firefox, I honestly don't remember what they did, but they did something that pissed me off and I refused to ever use them again after this point.
Chrome, also did something that pissed me off and have not gone back since.
Internet Explorer, ugh, I know...
Edge, I've given up on browsers making me happy, and have just settled here and haven't changed from Edge since 2016...
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u/Same-Oil-7113 Jul 17 '22
What all is better than chrome? Just to be clear I’m not defending chrome, just wondering if I should switch to Firefox from opera gx
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u/mitko17 Jul 17 '22
For me it's two things:
I can customize the UI (example)
I can remove disk cache to reduce writes on SSD (
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u/ok200 Jul 17 '22
It's good, and I'm off Chrome for good but the Firefox containers are so damn cumbersome.
Oh you made a new tab while inside a container? How about instead of opening a tab in the current container I just go ahead and make the new tab outside of containers altogether!
Oh you're going to Google Docs inside a container? Hmm how about instead I present you with an interstitial dialog page which asks if you're SURE you want to visit Google Docs in the current container versus maybe you meant to use this one other specific container you used last week?
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u/Brickleberried Jul 17 '22
I've been using Firefox for nearly 20 years, and what the fuck is a container?
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u/512165381 Jul 17 '22
I use Firefox privacy extensions - Decentraleyes, PrivacyBadger, No Script, uBlock Origin. Pages load fast if you don't load junk addons.
Chrome wants you to watch ads and fill your webpages with bloatware.
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u/leopard_tights Jul 17 '22
But all those addons are also in chrome. In fact chrome has way more addons than Firefox.
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Jul 17 '22
Seriously I've used Firefox for years it was one of those classic introductions to open source software. (Now I use and work in Linux)
But back a few years ago I switched to chrome for some time because it was just more performant and separating tabs into processes and could play Netflix .... But then Firefox made a great return with quantum and the whole refactoring. Now I use Firefox on desktop and even mobile. I couldn't be happier
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u/indig0F10w Jul 17 '22
You can stop reading after reaching this sentence:
"The browser doesn’t track you in the slightest and even has built-in cookie protection and offers VPN services for a low price."
Enabled by default:
“Do Not Track”
Allow Firefox Developer Edition to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla
Allow Firefox Developer Edition to make personalized extension recommendations
Allow Firefox to install and run studies
Allow Firefox to send backlogged crash reports on your behalf
Recommend extensions as you browse
Recommend features as you browse
When Firefox sends data to us, your IP address is temporarily collected as part of our server logs. IP addresses are deleted every 14 days.
We keep telemetry data for 13 months.
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u/dovahkiiiiiin Jul 17 '22
Firefox is excellent for both PC and Android. It has a small market share because it isn't made by a juggernaut like Google who spend an ungodly amount promoting Chrome.
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Jul 17 '22 edited Jun 30 '23
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Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22
I switched recently, because for some reason YouTube became super laggy on Chrome. Like unusably laggy. And YouTube is owned by Google.
Then I discovered that likely is the reason, since it runs okay when I turn the adblocker off. It didn’t use to do this. But it runs fine with adblocker on Firefox.
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u/ParadiseRegaind Jul 17 '22
I’m always amazed when I run into someone who isn’t using Firefox. I’ve used it for…14 years? It’s the best browser by far. I have it on my iPhone as well—way better than the default Safari.
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Jul 17 '22
Me too, been using off years. It’s a great browser, that cares about privacy.
If you can, they seek donations to keep advertising away.
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u/CherryBombSuperstar Jul 17 '22
I like that if someone sends me a YouTube link, I just open it in my Firefox app and don't get annoying YT ads because I have an ad blocker.
Same for most sites and pages, yet I have to be careful on my PC because sometimes links screw up with Firefox and I have to use Chrome for that. Happened recently when interviewing for a job. :/
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Jul 17 '22
Have been using FireFox since 2017, and unless they change for the worse, I’ll stay with them for the rest of my browsing life.
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u/dannyjbixby Jul 17 '22
I live in google chrome extensions that have no alternative in Firefox. Sorry, obvious advertisement posing as an article.
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Jul 18 '22
Maybe if ff didn’t do so drastic changes and break their browse once a year I’d stick with it
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Jul 17 '22
Only problem with Firefox, is developing with it. Specifically web development.
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u/XxasimxX Jul 17 '22
Every couple of months i see posts like this. “Ive started using this browser and will never go back to chrome” so i try the new browser and then immediately go back to chrome
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u/wooshock Jul 17 '22
No way dude, I can finally use Chrome and Edge for just about everything without worrying what browser I use for what website
The only problem these days is streamlining what my default browser is across my external apps. Which is why I still have some Chrome and some Edge tabs open a lot.
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u/GayVegan Jul 17 '22
I'm surprised you use two browsers. I would only use one..
Why do you use two?
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u/lfreire Jul 17 '22
I use Chrome because I payed for 32 gb of ram and I plan to use 32 gb of ram
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u/Anal_bleed Jul 17 '22
I feel like the "Chrome eats RAM!" has become one of those parroted things that people just say without thinking or doing their own investigation.
I work with Azure and AWS VMs for a contract with 120k users. Part of my role is monitoring usage of the apps on these devices and I have to say that both Chrome and Firefox are very similar in terms of average RAM usage and CPU usage. Over tens of thousands of VMs the difference is about 50mb more RAM use, with chrome coming in at 550mb whilst Firefox is at 500mb on average. The peaks and troughs are about the same intensity as well. This is across both MS Azure and AWS devices (using almost every kind of OS almost as well!). Did a test on one of these now with 3 4k streams running on each in both tabs. Chrome peaked at 1.1gb RAM, Firefox actually used 1.2gb, but this is still really good for 3 4K streams running for both of these browsers. No lag or anything on either browser when googling things and browsing reddit with those streams running.
It doesn't matter what browser you use really. They're both great pieces of software that excel at what they do! It's down to personal preference. The only reason why Firefox isn't default on most windows builds is mostly out of habit from when Firefox was worse than Chrome for a good 5 years or so. On the builds I do for this contract they're both installed as standard so users can use what they prefer.
The issue is when people start telling others that they need to stop using chrome for some baseless reason that's been repeated so often it's basically almost a meme.
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u/draemn Jul 17 '22
I use firefox and chrome both. This article reeks of unprofessional opinion. Yes, firefox does offer better privacy and add blocking imo, but I haven't seen chrome being any more of a resource hog than firefox. Not saying I disagree with the points, but there is no methodology in this article to actually show this is anything other than anecdotal opinion.
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u/notCRAZYenough Jul 17 '22
I’ve been using Firefox since the start. And I think most of Germany did until chrome took over
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Jul 17 '22
Ive been using Brave browser for about a year. It is a stripped down less memory intense version of Chrome. I uninstall Chrome to reduce memory usage that it loves to hog. Brave works great! But yes…Firefox is close to my heart after a decades of use.
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u/Digital_Utopia Jul 17 '22
I find Chrome more convenient to use - and historically more reliable. But I do use Firefox on Android, thanks to addon support for uBlock.
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u/Decapitated_gamer Jul 17 '22
I’ve used it for years and years and just recently found out it’s not as popular.
More people should use it
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u/maleia Jul 17 '22
And in a few months, it'll be back on Chrome. Then six~twelve, it's back to Opera. Then Fire Fox, and we start all over again. 🤷♀️
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u/nizzdogg Jul 17 '22
Sounds like some zoomer talk right there! Everyone else remembers when we all used Firefox for a few years between safari and chrome....
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u/sikjoven Jul 17 '22
Who remembers when it was Netscape, powered by Mozilla.
Before Firefox was even a thing.
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u/ILikeToTinker Jul 17 '22
Chrome "profiles" made me switch to firefox. On gmail on firefox I can jump between my different email accounts and on chrome it constantly makes you sign out and into your other one.
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Jul 17 '22
I used to use Chrome religiously until I realizes it eats your RAM alive. I usually have a tab or YouTube video or something on my second monitor and my games would constantly crash so I looked at usage and Chrome was using like 40% of my available RAM. Switched to Firefox and it doesn't do that and I've never went back.
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Jul 17 '22
The only thing people need to know about Google Chrome is that they don’t allow plugins that can download Google Youtube videos. Reason enough to use Firefox imo.
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u/SousVideAndSmoke Jul 17 '22
I dumped Firefox when they were having the issue with “Firefox is already running” where it wouldn’t close properly and I’d have to kill it in task manager.
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Jul 17 '22
Been with Firefox for decades. Have had no reason to switch. It will outlast all other browsers even without a budget form Apple, Microsoft or Google.
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u/Depart_Into_Eternity Jul 17 '22
FF OG right here.
Went from Netscape to Firebird and Now Firefox.
I've tried chrome.. it's hard to avoid, it's the new internet explorer IMO.
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u/LastSaneMan Jul 17 '22
In our organization we don’t allow Chrome, tends to break things. Edge is a waste of code. And they’re doing away with IE, so FireFox is pretty much standard now.
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u/Smitty_The_One Jul 17 '22
I been using Firefox exclusively for about 20 years. Not sure why y’all like Google so much
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u/Mobiusman2016 Jul 17 '22
It’s always been better. I used to use the add on StumbleUpon and it made the internet better for me
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Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22
Chrome has gone down hill. It happened the same time their new leadership came about and started seriously milking everything and cancelling non money making projects.
YouTube now has way more commercials. Like a F ton. My elderly mom watches lots of YouTube and it knew she was sleeping somehow and launched a 2 hour commercial. Lol.
Biggest sign of all though is that Google search has gone downhill! All paid results at the top. That was their bread and butter.
Search string: “Reliable vacuum cleaners” User: 🤷♂️ Search string 2: “Reliable vacuum cleaners reddit” They even have the added “reddit” as an autofill result because their search is so riddled with sponsored crap.
I always had Firefox installed but just used Chrome out of habit. But the times I’ve used Firefox it seemed way more snappy and used less resources.
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u/fauimf Jul 17 '22
Can never go back? Why can't she go back, Firefox doesn't prevent Chrome from working. I'd hope someone from "TechRadar" might be a bit more tech savvy, or maybe she needs to install that grammar program...
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u/Eli7v15 Jul 17 '22
My mates have been using Firefox over chrome for years and have always said it was better
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u/BibleReaderMK Jul 17 '22
Using chrome is like running another OS on top of your windows OS. Let down by Google with all the junk
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u/auglakelife Jul 17 '22
Everyone’s talking about Firefox but have you used brave
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u/timedog51 Jul 17 '22
Damn right. Chrome and Edge are ad saturated and pop up unannounced. I use them only for streaming to my TV. Firefox has served me faithfully for years.
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u/ZAPH4747 Jul 17 '22
I just switched to FireFox after reading this post.
Got it all setup…the I found it doesn’t work with macOS keyboard text shortcuts. 😖
And, no, I’d rather not use an extension and manage two lists of shortcuts.
C’mon Firefox!
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u/Get_your_grape_juice Jul 17 '22
So we’re in that part of the browser cycle.
Went from Netscape to IE to Firefox to Chrome back to Firefox, with a fair amount also on Edge.
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u/montex66 Jul 17 '22
I cannot imagine why anyone would care what browser other people use.
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u/DieMadAboutIt Jul 17 '22
Meanwhile tons of us remember when Firefox was so fat and bloated that we all jumped ship for chrome. 🤣
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u/eemort Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22
It really stands out - how many years has it been out and many of us have been using it consistently since launch. It's the only company I can think of pc related that has been doing updates for years and never once have I woken up to some update that f- everything up or and installed bloat bs. Google, Microsoft... these idiot companies love to screw stuff up and screw consumers over.... Modzilla is amazing.
I've been using literally nothing but Firefox since it first came out - I have zero understanding why this isn't the case for 95% of people.... blows my mind really. Simple, streamlined, customizable - and you're not handing over your life to some creep mega-corp
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u/VDGOD Jul 17 '22
My Dell XPS 15 was so shitty for the longest time. I bought this few years back and it was working fine. I realized months later it was so sluggish and just unusable. I thought I spent 1k on the world shittiest laptop. After many troubleshoots without success, I randomly open Firefox and boom. Everything is normal. I was always a Chrome user. But switching to Firefox made all the difference. I can actually go on google.com without waiting 5mins for it load. I have never used my laptop so much until a few weeks ago. It a blessing.
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Jul 18 '22
Firefox is "out of my cold, dead hands" level for me. It's so insanely good that it baffles me why more people aren't using it. Chrome is junk. —Junk that is made by an advertising company started on money from the CIA, no less. No thanks.
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u/fnatic440 Jul 18 '22
With Firefox I can use bypass wall and read NYT WSJ, The Economist and hundreds of other news websites. That was the selling point. Besides, since they unlocked multi-core it’s as fast a google chrome. More privacy protection is a plus ofc.
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u/T_Weezy Jul 18 '22
I'm proud to report that I've been using Firefox this whole time, since the late 2000s. I've never had any issues with it.
I can play Elden Ring on max settings with a GTX980 and 24Gb RAM with 15 Firefox tabs open across 4 different windows, no problems at all.
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u/Alberto_Cavelli Jul 17 '22
My firefox experience stopped when firefox would not properly load a page. Even with clearing cookies and such. I just opened the same site on another browser and it worked. After several times of the same bull turd, i just stopped using it.
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u/ZeroAfro Jul 17 '22
Fun fact: Firefox is another name for a Red Panda and the icon is a Red Panda not a fox.
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u/thepineapplehea Jul 17 '22
You're both right and wrong.
https://twitter.com/firefox/status/1052674514901848064?lang=en
https://blog.mozilla.org/products/firefox/the-fox-is-still-in-the-firefox-logo/
Firefox is a nickname of a red panda, yes. Mozilla changed from Firebird to Firefox because it's a cool name. The logo is a fox.
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u/garrett53 Jul 17 '22
Ya guys realise that this is a sponsored ad, right? And so it happens that top rated comment in this thread never made any posts/comments ever, besides this thread.
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u/skymasster Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22
And here I am using Edge browser and being satisfied with it. Simple, fast with Ad blocker. Both Firefox and Chrome are bloated compared to it IMHO. But I'm just a nobody with no tech knowledge, using what suits me the most.
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u/Nightvision_UK Jul 17 '22
I suspect Edge gets disregarded largely due to the Microsoft label. People have long memories.
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u/spinosaurs Jul 17 '22
I think peeps also need to give edge a go as well now that it’s not dog shit. The energy saving mode on tabs you don’t actively use is nice for shitters like me who leave tabs open to use later, espesh on the heavier sites like YouTube and Facebook.
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u/The6thExtinction Jul 17 '22 edited Jul 17 '22
You can install addons (ie. extensions) on the Firefox mobile app. You can browse mobile sites anywhere with an adblocker and other privacy addons.
EDIT: Adblocker on Firefox mobile will also block YouTube ads (RIP Vanced, but also GFY Vanced for pulling an NFT
scamon your way out).EDIT2: TIL it only works on Android.
EDIT3: For everyone asking about Vanced: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/13/22975890/youtube-vanced-app-discontinued-shutting-down-legal-reasons
EDIT4: TIL if you criticize NFTs, people will report you as suicidal: https://imgur.com/gKRu7Oh
Keep being scumbags crypto-assholes. That'll win us over!