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Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by bloppe on Monday November 18, 2024 @04:44PM (#42177436)
Am I the only one left happily using Firefox? You know, the only "major" browser that doesn't seem to have these conflicts of interest?
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by gray_-_wolf on Monday November 18, 2024 @04:45PM (#42177448)
Also happy Firefox user here. Do not worry, there are dozens of us. Dozens!
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by mr_sturd on Monday November 18, 2024 @06:48PM (#42178552)
It's always nice to meet a fellow neverChrome.
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by lmm on Monday November 18, 2024 @07:26PM (#42178852)
The Firefox that gets the vast majority of its revenue from Google, that Firefox?

I think the only full-featured browser with a prosocial funding model is Konqueror, where what little money there is mostly comes from EU grants. Not coincidental that its code quality was so much better that everyone else based on its rendering engine.

Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by eMPee584 on Monday November 18, 2024 @08:15PM (#42179175)
and until recently, the only browser that allows to split the view into independent sub-windows..
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by jetofff on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @04:20PM (#42188204)
wait how'd you do this
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by lmm on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @07:23PM (#42189563)
It's in the right click menu, or there's a key command for it.
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by j16sdiz on Monday November 18, 2024 @09:29PM (#42179563)
Konqueror is underfunded and can't catch up with the standards
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by zero_bias on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @11:35PM (#42201162)
Konqueror no longer uses its unique KHTML engine and has switched to working on top of WebKit/Safari, making it just a wrapper, similar to Brave. It’s a pity that the last truly independent player in the browser engine market is gone, but such are the realities.
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by dudhejffj on Monday November 18, 2024 @05:13PM (#42177692)
I use Firefox Mobile but have long abandoned the desktop offering. The only thing I feel like I get from the desktop version lately is a spiritual victory whereas the mobile browser actually has tangible features I prefer like add-ons and the search bar at the bottom.
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by tapland on Monday November 18, 2024 @07:32PM (#42178898)
On iOS it’s still safari backend though?
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by dcow on Monday November 18, 2024 @09:44PM (#42179636)
Yes.
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by xcf_seetan on Monday November 18, 2024 @07:04PM (#42178672)
Another happy Firefox user. On desktop and mobile. I always have used Netscape/Firefox.
Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by firen777 on Monday November 18, 2024 @08:23PM (#42179226)
Being the only Android browser (that I know of) that support extensions, namely UBlock Origin, means that Firefox is the only logical choice for me.

Chrome's Manifest v3 forcing UBO into becoming UBO Lite only strengthen my original decision.

Hopefully this move by google would push more people toward Firefox. Although considering the amount of people who happily surf the web with zero adblockers (including every single of my IT colleagues), I'm not holding my breathe.

Re:Is Chrome the New IE? by extraduder_ire on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @12:29AM (#42180324)
Kiwi browser (chromium fork) on android supports extensions from the chrome store. Not that it'll help for much longer.