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.
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.
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.
Been enjoying Edge for a year, but always appreciated FF for it being it’s own thing. Worth a shot?
Definitely. Check out our switching guide for some tips.
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).
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.
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?
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.
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.
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
For sure I changed a few years ago from chrome for privacy reasons. Never looked back.
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.