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Firefox has a lot of issues, but maybe we don't have any other option. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 146 points 1 month ago (50 children)

I think people come down a lot harder on Firefox than they should. It's a great browser, and they do a lot for the freedom of the community and as an open source ambassador.

I feel like people generally feel that, given their prominence, they could do a lot more. This is certainly true. Their weird corporate structure, their half-baked experiments like Pocket or VPN, their Google ad money, these are all valid issues.

But do you know what else is supported by Google ad money? Chromium and every browser built on it. Do you know what has a far more corporate culture? Chrome, Edge, Safari, etc. Do you know who else had weird little money making experiments? Every other browser (Brave's Basic Attention Tokens, DDG's Privacy Pro, etc.).

Firefox makes a bigger target because of their relative popularity and long history.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 57 points 1 month ago (7 children)

It has always felt so goofy to see people say "x" based Chromium browser is better than Firefox because Firefox takes Google's money but "x" based Chromium browser doesn't. Like... It just completely ignores the investment Google puts in Chromium lol. Google's money into Firefox equals bad, but Google's money into Chromium, oh, that's actually not bad because we just cover our eyes and ears and go "LALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" or something???

All that to say, I'm glad to see someone else explicitly share this opinion.

[–] astro_ray@lemdro.id 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Isn't the only reason firefox gets google ad money is because google is afraid they would slapped with an anti-trust lawsuit? Firefox getting money from google doesn't seem like a valid criticism.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe it is because Google is the default search engine in Firefox.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is, but I'm pretty sure they have to give all users the choice now in the EU, when you launch first time.

[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think it's the other way around, Android has to ask you what you want your default browser (and search engine?) to be, but if you choose Firefox, it will still have Google as its default search engine.

Firefox's marketshare isn't big enough to count as a gatekeeper, I don't think.

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Ah yes, maybe you are right.

Come to think of it, I only saw this on Safari, Android and Edge, and they are all gatekeepers.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not in the EU, but I have Firefox set as my default browser on Android and it works fine.

[–] automator404@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

That's exactly the reason.

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