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Re:Firefox 72.0 by bambax on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @10:33AM (#21980872)
I finally switched to FF two months ago after the uBlock fiasco, and I find it ok. Is it as fast as Chrome? No. Does it never freeze? No.

But is it good enough? Hell yes.

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Re:Firefox 72.0 by OGWhales on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @10:49AM (#21981053)
What was the ublock fiasco?
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Re:Firefox 72.0 by npongratz on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @11:46AM (#21981653)
Not OP, but probably referencing Chrome's v3 manifest: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338

HN discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20050173 (281 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20044430 (893 comments)

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Re:Firefox 72.0 by bambax on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:12PM (#21981962)
Yes.
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