Re:72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS se...
by inetknght on Saturday December 05, 2020 @12:56PM
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> some of the decisions I see would make much more sense to me if I knew top management was somehow in Googles pocket.
Consider.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Google
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/15/21370020/mozilla-google-f...
Re:72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS se...
by wolco2 on Saturday December 05, 2020 @02:55PM
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They are in google pockets for 95% of revenue. But I think as a browser with a smaller market they join things and change things to be like everyone else.
There was a recent change to facebook picture albums that lazily loads pictures as you scroll. In large albums this grinds to a halt after a few pages and each scroll takes 30 seconds to load the next set of images. Chrome handles this smoothly. For social media I had to switch to chrome.
Firefox is still better for privacy and I use it when I can even though it feels like it's slowing down after each upgrade.
Re:72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS se...
by 153791098c on Saturday December 05, 2020 @04:57PM
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> 3. I always hope something will change and Firefox will become really really great again or someone will fork it.
Abrowser (from trisquel) is what firefox should have been. Best fork out there imo.
As someone who has used (and still use Firefox) continously since around 2005 it surely feels that way sometimes and some of the decisions I see would make much more sense to me if I knew top management was somehow in Googles pocket.
(That said
1. for my workflows I still consider Firefox the best browser.
2. switching would only make it even easier for Google.
3. I always hope something will change and Firefox will become really really great again or someone will fork it.