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It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 7 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla's focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google's ad-centric approach, making Firefox a viable alternative.

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[-] babyfarmer@lemmy.world 173 points 7 months ago

Switch? I never left!

[-] slaacaa@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago

I deeply regret leaving.

Growing up, I used Firefox on PC, but switched to Chrome early 2010s due to using a lot of google products for university work, and the general “google is cool” vibe that surrounded me from peers (tech/business student).

Now after a decade, I’m deeply entrenched in Google with bookmarks, passwords and habits. Only progress I made is switching to iOS from Android. Installed Ff on mobile, but didn’t really like the experience, so not really using it.

Will probably try to make a stronger push to invest some time and switch completely during Xmas break, as it does bother me to be part of the problem, though I hate how convenient not doing anything about it is.

[-] Rootiest@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I had a similar history to you.

I finally decided a couple months back to start de-googling and did the following so far:

switched Google Password Manager to VaultWarden
switched Google Search Engine to searxng
switched Google Keep to Obsidian/memos
switched Google Drive/Office to Cryptpad
switched Google Chrome desktop to LibreWolf
switched Google Chrome Mobile to Fennec F-droid

Only progress I made is switching to iOS from Android. Installed Ff on mobile, but didn’t really like the experience, so not really using it.

Well if you switched to iOS then there's not really much point as the browser backend is still the same as Safari there. Apple doesn't allow other browser engines so on iOS Firefox/Chrome/etc are all just wrappers on Apple's browser engine.

Apple is worse than Google in many ways and if you wanted to maintain control over your privacy (and even just de-google) you ironically would be better off staying on Android.

There are many great custom firmwares available for Android devices such as GrapheneOS which can truly de-google your device.

[-] teichflamme@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

Apple might be the one company that is even worse than Google

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Aren't all browsers on ios just Safari with a different skin?

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 9 points 7 months ago

Yes but using Firefox you get bookmarks and history synced.

[-] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

To be fair, Chrome was vastly superior to Firefox for ages in the early 2010's

[-] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 6 points 7 months ago

Porting your bookmarks back is easy. I had a similar experience except I switched back to Firefox in 2015.

If you use Firefox sync on PC and your phone, all your open tabs and bookmarks will be synced automatically.

[-] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 5 points 7 months ago

I was in the exact same boat as you. Except I also switched because Bitdefender, the anti-virus I used at the time, was not playing nice with Firefox.

Earlier this year, like a few months ago, I decided to try and switch back. It was seamless. In like half an hour I had every bookmark, most passwords, and even some new extensions that have saved me a lot of work since. I recommend you try it and keep Chrome installed on the side in case you run into some problems, but I think after a few days you'll realize you don't need it for much.

(in my case it's still installed for when I inevitably remember that I forgot to transfer a random password that didn't automatically migrate)

[-] stevep@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Only progress I made is switching to iOS from Android

"progress"

[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 7 months ago

Exactly. I've been here since Netscape Navigator.

[-] griD@feddit.de 6 points 7 months ago

There are dozens of us!

[-] kalkulat@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Got here from iCab.

[-] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

-🗿

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

Same! The extensions are just to damned useful!

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Same. Literally been a user since version 1.

Was always really surprised everyone thought it was a great idea to jump ship to a browser made by the largest dataminer and internet ad company in the world. What's happening right now with Chrome and YouTube is entirely unsurprising. It was just a matter of time.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 7 months ago

I did. Chrome updated plugins automatically, Firefox didn't. Also one bad tab didn't kill the whole browser.

Plugins are dead now, so I switched back. I've still had to kill FF in task manager, due to some weird PSN login bug.

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