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[–] HollowNotion 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As pointed out above, individual use of Firefox doesn't really do that much. Especially when Firefox already doesn't work properly for some sites. Plus, lots of people (myself included) need to use Chrome for work. This shit sucks.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you used Firefox recently? I haven't had even one instance of a website not working simply because of Firefox.

[–] HollowNotion 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use it daily. It’s my default browser, but it ain’t perfect. Most recently, it was an interactive map for Diablo IV that would never work on Firefox. After an update it started working, but that’s just the most recent example.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

it is pretty rare for issues like that to happen. and just keep a chromium based browser installed for the 0.2% of websites with compatibility problems or whatever.

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

for work purposes, ok fine. but personal purposes i'd try and steer clear as much as i can.

My general point is we should use alternatives whenever possible to discourage this kind of centralized power developing in the first place.

[–] HollowNotion 1 points 1 year ago

I do agree with that. I use Firefox on my home pc and safari on my MacBook, for precisely this reason.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm do not experience any of these improper working sites. My daily driver is Librewolf, where this sometimes occur, but when it does, I just switch to vanilla Firefox, and everything is fine.