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In every comment thread about the importance of supporting Firefox, there's always at least one comment claiming Firefox is slow, even while I repeatedly see the data say otherwise.
Anecdotally, I've used Firefox, Waterfox, and Librewolf on PC, and none have been slow.
I've used Firefox, Firefox Beta, and Fennec on Android, and if anything they seem faster and easier to use than Chrome (and they actually tend to work like an actual internet browser).
I'm not saying these commenters are all Google sockpuppets, but maybe they're parroting misinformation, or maybe they're using ~~an Apple OS~~ iOS, where Firefox is basically Safari.
It's just really perplexing to me.
This was true when Chrome first came up, they even made those ridiculous ads, which Opera (before they stopped developing their own engine) was ridiculing: https://youtu.be/zaT7thTxyq8
Firefox after they they rewrote their engine to be multithreaded (I think it was called project electron?) is faster than chrome that is currently very bloated.
What saddens me the most that, while there are ignorant people who don't know better and use what are they familiar with, there are also self proclaimed techno geeks, who are equally ignorant and don't seem to remember the times of Internet Explorer.
Edit: here are the chrome ads: https://youtu.be/nCgQDjiotG0
Tbf we're in a new generation of techno geeks who weren't around for a lot of things and lack the full context. I think about that every time a young person chides me for "stealing" from YouTubers or even Google itself by blocking ads.
I(31/m) have a buddy(25/m) who gives me shit for pirating stuff sometimes because he says I'm stealing from the creators. But I'm not because I wasn't gonna pay for it in the first place 😂 I'm more than happy to pay for things and do all the time. I just cancelled my audible sub a couple days ago because I got an email that my credits were going to expire and I needed to use them soon. Like what? I paid you for those. So I just used them on the series I'm currently listening to and spent the rest of the night figuring out how to host my own audible 😂