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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by lolinder on Thursday May 25, 2023 @09:10PM (#36078556)
Yep. Specifically, the temporary containers keep me there for web dev stuff. People will always recommend profiles in chrome, but that can't replace a single hotkey to spawn a temporary throwaway container.
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by adastra22 on Friday May 26, 2023 @01:45AM (#36080451)
How is that different from private browsing?
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by lolinder on Friday May 26, 2023 @01:53AM (#36080514)
I can have 3+ different temporary containers open at once, each with a distinct set of cookies, whereas private browsing gives me only one extra cookie jar.

It's massively helpful for testing interactions between users.

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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by adastra22 on Friday May 26, 2023 @02:10AM (#36080624)
At least on my chromium variant each private window (not tab: window) gets its own isolated environment.

I frequently use this to log into websites with different user accounts for testing purposes.

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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by lolinder on Friday May 26, 2023 @02:37AM (#36080786)
Good to know, I'll take a look!
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by adastra22 on Friday May 26, 2023 @10:12AM (#36084422)
To be a little more explicit, I think you need to spawn a private window from a non-private window to get a new environment. If you do it from another private window it uses the same sandbox.
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Re:Firefox displayed a pop-up ad for Mozilla VPN over an unr... by skykooler on Sunday May 28, 2023 @05:36PM (#36108029)
And unlike private browsing windows, they persist across browser restarts until all their tabs are closed.
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