Comment on Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox

garretble@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Firefox is FOSS. Just use a privacy oriented fork of it :)

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  • Lauchs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So say I’m dumb and don’t know how to find a fork like that…

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    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I would search “Firefox forks for privacy” or something like that

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      • Lauchs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Fair enough! Thanks!

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      • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        how many people will do this though? most people don’t even bother switching away from chrome…

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• 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Compared to Google they are saints.

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  • Albbi@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Don’t be evil

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• psychothumbs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sadly Mozilla is not immune to following the dumb fads that run through Silicon Valley, but Firefox is still clearly the best browser option.

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  • garretble@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I agree. I’m using it right now!

    But they have certainly been outlining some poor decisions in the last few weeks.

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• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sooooo ALL of the things google is doing even harder?

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