Re:Ask HN: How do you feel about Chrome becoming a browser m...
by CincinnatiMan on Saturday April 23, 2022 @10:17PM
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I use MS Edge on my Mac for its vertical tabs, and it's been fine. Maybe check it out.
Re:Ask HN: How do you feel about Chrome becoming a browser m...
by khedoros1 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @10:35PM
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Edge...which is based on Chromium. They said they don't want to use any Chromium derivatives.
Re:Ask HN: How do you feel about Chrome becoming a browser m...
by vimy on Saturday April 23, 2022 @09:00PM
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Safari uses Web Extensions now.
You can import a Chrome/Firefox extension’s source code into xcode and you have a Safari extension.
Doesn’t work for everything yet, I expect they’ll add more APIs this year at WWDC.
Re:Ask HN: How do you feel about Chrome becoming a browser m...
by SxC97 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @09:14PM
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FWIW, I’ve been using the Orion beta on my Mac and it’s great. It’s a WebKit based browser with a built in ad blocker and tree style tabs and can run most Firefox and chrome extensions while having lower resource usage and better battery life than safari.
A nearly perfect browser for me with only a few downsides.
- Not available on windows or Linux yet
- No open tabs sync across apple devices (yet, planned)
- Doesn’t support all extensions (yet, also planned)
Chrome is made by whom I consider a privacy rapist, so I refuse to use that. As for any Chromium derivatives - well, given its origins, I consider them tainted, so no-go as well on those.
That leaves only Firefox, which to me is quite capable and fast, and I really have no issues using it.
I do think governments should look closely at Chrome's monopoly, since it's Google's (or Alphabet, or whatever name-du-jour) power play in vertical integration/takeover for its own advantage, and way to crush competition.