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aquir | 6 days ago

I don't know...at one point I got off Firefox because it was slow and I was never able to get back to it ever again. Maybe I should try now?

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reddalo|6 days ago

Do it. It's the only truly independent browser left.

It's not perfect, but it works, and unlike Chrome you can have full ad blocking with uBlock Origin.

pessimizer|5 days ago

> only truly independent browser

Only truly independent browser engine left. Firefox is entirely independent on google, but unlike its competitors this dependency is through direct cash payments.

charcircuit|6 days ago

With Brave you can have ad blocking built into the browser itself and not have to depend on a third party developer.

bartvk|6 days ago

Why do you actually ask? Switching browsers has got to be one of the easiest software to switch, right?

altern8|6 days ago

Is it? I have autofill/passwords, bookmarks, etc., and you can't easily jump between two different browsers as those will get out of sync.

jeppester|6 days ago

After I upgraded my laptop (Ryzen 2700 => 8845HS) it has felt as though Firefox is much closer to Chrome.

While I do not think that the gap narrowed when measured in CPU-cycles, it's just not very noticable when Firefox doesn't feel slow.

dyauspitr|5 days ago

I went back to it 6 months ago once Chrome got rid of ublock. It’s pretty good but then some update a week or two ago blew away all my profiles.

zargon|6 days ago

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.

PunchyHamster|6 days ago

Mozilla did plant the tree 20 years ago, then decided few years after to abandon it

bayindirh|6 days ago

Give it another go. You'll be surprised.