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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Privacy primarily and less likely to be targeted for widespread attack because there's a fraction of the user base Chrome enjoys.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Because Pale Moon became a dumpster fire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I use Firefox because I really like the containers extension that makes sure each tab is its own environment to prevent cross contamination of cookies etc. Also, I can rest assured that ublock origin is working as intended by the author since it is primarily targeted toward Firefox these days I think.

Sadly I had to stop using Firefox on my gaming Windows box because for whatever reason my Firefox install seems to gobble up all of my GPU memory. It's working fine on Mac and Linux though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was originally an Opera user (before they switched away from Presto), then switched to Firefox afterwards.

Firefox was my pick because it was good enough and extremely customizable.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Because the only thing it doesn't have that I miss from edge is the vertical tabs, otherwise its just better in every way that matter to me.

And before someone mentions it, I am aware there are vertical tab options, but none of them are the close enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Years ago it was the only customizable browser, that's why I started using it. Today it still is the most customizable one, even though other browsers started supporting add-ons and themes too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Honestly I'm just used to it. Using it now for probably about two decades.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was a big Netscape fan and when Firefox came out, I adopted it pretty soon. Never left it as I never quite get the hang of Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Tree Style Tab

And lack of (what I would consider) a good alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It's a great web browser and it represents the very concepts of choice and freedom. Chrome isn't better at all, I really only used it because the extension availability felt higher for a while.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I use Firefox when I suspect a site isn't working well with Librewolf. This also implies the site didn't work for Qutebrowser previously

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It was my first browser so I stuck with it. I tried other browsers over the years, but I am used to firefox stuff, and ublock works better there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It works great with Wayland and I switched to Firefox mobile as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

My FFFL Tatoo is gonna be so rad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Because it appeals to furries.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Like the logo and it works as well as the alternatives

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Originally (more than a decennia ago) because it had better customizability, later because it was less memory hungry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

bottom navigation is a godsend these days as phone screens are 7". Also adblocker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Because Lemmy told me to

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Because Chrome stuffed up my task bar icons one time too many. (eg two Gmail icons, once for each account - randomly start working as bookmarks instead of their own window.) Fixing that takes many attempts

Firefox can't do this at all, but an extension fixed that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I used to for many years and recently moved to Arc. It’s a totally different experience of browsing the internet and workspace management, however I’d like to go back to Firefox if it’s possible to tweak it as much as possible to Arc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Just read its website and the related Wikipedia Article, it's kinda different but in a good way. I don't think I'll switch though because it's still based in Chromium, monopolized by Google.

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