Firefox’s InPrivate mode is the exact same feature.
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RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I can’t remember the last time I used Google Chrome.
Nothing but Firefox and a Linux chromium browser.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Not quite, in 2018 they did add tracking protection to their list of goals for their Private browsing mode and have implemented features to reduce tracking/fingerprinting/etc while in it. The main focuses though were still the same at the start though: protecting against local data being saved.
wiki.mozilla.org/Private_Browsing
We target Private Browsing to 3 privacy goals; in a Private Browsing session, Firefox:
- Doesn’t save the browsing history or display it in the Firefox UI
- Prevents the session’s data from writing to persistent storage
- Protects the session’s data from online tracking
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Unfortunately I have it installed to double-check things and occasional compatibility purpose. Believe it or not, sites have started to appear who work in Chrome but not Firefox. Solution is most likely perfectly simple but developers just don’t want to deal with it so I’ve been told “just use Chrome” few times in past few years.
RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yep. There’s the occasional rare site that demands chrome. That’s when chromium comes in handy. I can’t think of a single site I use that I’m willing to install chrome for. Your needs are different, though.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have no need for those sites either. It was one off thing. I remember it was a COVID pass thing I had to do prior to traveling, AliExpress asked for it couple of times but I only used it sporadically for family members. Stuff like that. But it is a trend am not liking as I did web development during IE6 and Microsoft dominance era and it took us decade+ to get rid of that grip. Am afraid Google’s is even stronger.