I genuinely think the web has become horrible enough where the browser you use does not really matter from the technical perspective.
It does, however, incredibly important to have more than 1 engine competing, as currently Firefox is the only mainstream browser not built on chromium/google.
I’ve used Firefox for the past few months as Hulu has been getting aggressive w/ uBlock solely on Chrome. The only annoying hurdles have been during the switch but other than that I would say it’s a good browser.
Not even technically sufficient enough to describe why FF is better, but I switched couple years ago and have zero complaints since then. I just like that it is the last truly independent browser out there.
Also, FF on mobile allows extensions, so adblockers in mobile browser 👌
100%! I switched from Chrome last year when the AdBlock thing was big and I never looked back. There are some things I still dont understand (activating syncing between multiple desktop versions is really weird for example) but they are all minor.
Switching also was extremely easy! I could just import all my bookmarks and since I use BitWarden I didnt need to migrate any passwords. I think it’s also possible to import passwords, but I’m not 100% sure on that.
There are also quite a few benefits, especially on mobile! You can use add-ons in the Firefox Android Browser, which is huge. Also on Firefox mobile I can view videos in Fullscreen rotated without enabling rotation on the phone, that never worked with chrome for me.
Been enjoying Edge for a year, but always appreciated FF for it being it’s own thing. Worth a shot?
I use edge at work (nothing else available), Firefox everywhere else.
It would be nice if more add-ons were supported on mobile, desktop is great.
I genuinely think the web has become horrible enough where the browser you use does not really matter from the technical perspective.
It does, however, incredibly important to have more than 1 engine competing, as currently Firefox is the only mainstream browser not built on chromium/google.
Certainly. It’s really important to have as many people as possible using a different browser engine (Gecko) in this Chromium-dominated world.
And … uBlock Origin works the best on Firefox (https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox).
Definitely. Check out our switching guide for some tips.
I’ve used Firefox for the past few months as Hulu has been getting aggressive w/ uBlock solely on Chrome. The only annoying hurdles have been during the switch but other than that I would say it’s a good browser.
Uh, you might really want to rethink using edge: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/06/edge-browser-feature-sends-images-you-view-back-to-microsoft
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697532/microsoft-edge-browser-url-leak-bing-privacy
And the new grammar feature that sends all text you write anywhere in edge to Microsoft, kind of a big deal?
For sure I changed a few years ago from chrome for privacy reasons. Never looked back.
Not even technically sufficient enough to describe why FF is better, but I switched couple years ago and have zero complaints since then. I just like that it is the last truly independent browser out there.
Also, FF on mobile allows extensions, so adblockers in mobile browser 👌
Just grabbed FF on iOS, how would an adblocker work? UBlock origin doesn’t have a clear install path (if possible at all?)
Afaik, most of the mobile browsers on iOS are just webkit (aka Safari) with their respective browser skin/UI.
From what I can search though, Firefox Focus on iOS has adblocker built in: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firefox-focus-privacy-browser/id1055677337. Not sure if the built-in adblocker is UBO though.
Unfortunately, I’m only an occasional Apple user, so this is the extent of my knowledge. Hope this helps.
Thanks anyway, other than an emergency Reddit search I never use safari anyway - websites on mobile are absolutely shocking to use.
Firefox was great, went to shit for a couple of years, and is now back to being great again. I’ve heard it’s much easier on memory as well.
It’s one of the few non-chromium browsers left, so you should definitely try it because Google is trying to make their own standards with chromium.
It’s literally the only non-chromium browser left other than Safari. That’s why it is critically important that Firefox maintain a presence
100%! I switched from Chrome last year when the AdBlock thing was big and I never looked back. There are some things I still dont understand (activating syncing between multiple desktop versions is really weird for example) but they are all minor.
Switching also was extremely easy! I could just import all my bookmarks and since I use BitWarden I didnt need to migrate any passwords. I think it’s also possible to import passwords, but I’m not 100% sure on that.
There are also quite a few benefits, especially on mobile! You can use add-ons in the Firefox Android Browser, which is huge. Also on Firefox mobile I can view videos in Fullscreen rotated without enabling rotation on the phone, that never worked with chrome for me.