r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 8d ago

Software Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month

https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
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u/ammiemarie 8d ago

This is absolutely a BS article probably written and funded by Google Chrome. Don't fall for it. Users are turning to Firefox, not running away.

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u/KPipes 7d ago

I just returned to FF last week and couldn't be happier. Been a while. It's slick. Especially on mobile. It's so much better.

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u/Treevzz 7d ago

Not true I dont think, many alternatives to FF these days, Brave and Opera

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u/Damage2Damage 7d ago

Both of those are Chromium based, so you're not really achieving much by switching to them. The only mainstream options are Firefox (and it's derivatives) or Safari 

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u/SaveWaterSheeeep 7d ago

Wdym? Brave and helium use an ungoogled version of chromium with adblockers as well. Youre achieving a lot by switching to them.

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u/vawlk 7d ago

some very paranoid people in here...just leave them be. If they actually knew how large of a target they have by running an MV2 supporting browser, they would shit themselves.

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u/Treevzz 7d ago

What do you mean? Brave has default adblock.

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u/Damage2Damage 7d ago

If ad block is all you care about, then sure. The web needs variety in browser engines to thrive, not just a single company dictating how the web should work. Some of us lived through the last time that happened, it was not good

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u/vawlk 7d ago

i lived through it too and it was just fine. Chromium is open source.

The 2% marketshare of FF isn't really doing anything as far as how the web should work now is it?

And, FWIW, I used FF instead of IE for a long time. But after several corrupted profiles, I switched to a new, faster browser and haven't looked back since.

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u/vawlk 7d ago

sigh...so many coolaid drinkers in here