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usernameunnecessary@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Chrome messing with my uBlock Origin extension, disabling it and uninstalling it when all this started, was the last straw. I promptly made the jump to Floorp/Firefox and even though I was scared for a long time to switch, it was all good and have zero regrets. I’m very happy I ditched Chrome.

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Klear@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I held out until the first ad got through adblock (about a year ago, I think?). Switched the same day. Should have done it a lot sooner. I thought it would be a whole thing, but I was set up i a few minutes.

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- usernameunnecessary@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yep! Same experience with setting everything up.
  
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OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I was scared for a long time to switch

But … why?

I’m honestly asking here. What’s so scary about using a different browser? I’ve got (let me count…) at least 6 different browsers installed on my current machine, switching between them for different tasks each of them is better at.

It’s not like switching from Windows to Linux, where you actually have to say goodbye to Windows (maybe) in order to make the switch. You can easily install Chrome and Firefox, using whichever one suits you at the moment. So what’s so scary about switching?

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- usernameunnecessary@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  15 years of use, everything synced with Chrome and I wanted to also decouple browser dependency for password management say the same time. Not knowing if Firefox is up for the task. In many ways.
  
  But everything is fine. I don’t feel I made a compromise.
  
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- AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Because Firefox is still the same legendary memory hog it’s always been
  
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  - OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    If you keep 1000 tabs open, maybe. Otherwise, it’s not too bad.
    
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    AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    More like a hundred.
    
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  - tackleberry@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    The Firefox memory hog issue is worse if you use Windows
    
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    AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    …I do. 😔
    
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  - edible_funk@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Do you all just leave your browser open and running all the time?
    
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    AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    When not gaming, yeah
    
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