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Why do most browser companies opt for a Chromium/Blink base instead of a Firefox/Gecko one? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zyratoxx@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I mean, I like Firefox, but I'd love to see Vivaldi based on Firefox/Gecko. There's Floorp, which is similar in some ways but it's more like an Edge built on Firefox than Vivaldi.

Edit: Thank y'all for your answers. :D

I want to link !@bdonvr@thelemmy.club 's post because it is a similar quesion. https://thelemmy.club/post/718914

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[–] snowe@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chrome wins for 4 of those graphs, Firefox wins for 7. Two are a close tie.

[–] ayaya@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I am looking at the Linux benchmarks because that is what I use. I count 11-4 in favor of Chrome and/or V8 with one that’s a tie. For the record I use LibreWolf which is based on Firefox, but it is definitely noticeably slower in my experience.

This is somewhat beside the point but I’d argue there’s not even a reason to use Firefox on Windows so those benchmarks are irrelevant entirely. If you’re not willing to move away from Windows (a near-monopoly that collects your data) what is the point of moving away from Chrome (a near-monopoly that collects your data). It’s extremely half-assed.

[–] snowe@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

there are options besides windows and linux. I only use windows for gaming, mac for everything else besides server infra. but yeah I guess if you're looking at linux you're going to be looking at different browsers than the majority of people. as to why you would want to move away from chrome and not windows, there's plenty of reasons. It seems pointless to argue that here though, as you seem to think it's an all or nothing.