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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Firefox is underrated. The only issue I have is sites that are only optimized for Chromium, and especially edge. A lot of businesses and medical websites only develop for and test for 1 browser, and it used to be Internet Explorer, but now it's Edge.

Then there's Microsoft Websites too. I don't know if it's like that anymore, but I always had to use Edge instead of Firefox to subscribe to or cancel Xbox Game Pass in the past.

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

Yup. Quick books and our government website both require chrome. It's like.... The stuff I do that I most care about not giving to Google, I have to give to Google. Drag.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can try with chromium based browsers that are more privacy friendly. I find Vivaldi works on sites that don't like Firefox. There's also brave or duck duck go's mobile browser.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vivaldi is non-free so it's a non-starter for me. "Privacy friendly" isn't enough for me, I need the four freedoms.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I second Vivaldi. It's a great chromium based alternative to chrome, and the level of customisation on offer is jaw-dropping. Its mouse gestures in particular, have been a huge convenience. The only thing about it that irks me somewhat is that it's noticeably slower to start compared to Firefox and Edge.

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

Will give them a try, thank you!

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

For me, the only website that creates issues with Firefox is Teams, but it does run on Chromium.