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Re:Helium Browser by FlyingSnake on Thursday September 25, 2025 @01:49AM (#45369660)
Because it's the only other browser engine that's currently available in the market.
Re:Helium Browser by ssl-3 on Thursday September 25, 2025 @02:09AM (#45369750)
Indeed.

It is important to try to avoid letting perfection be the enemy of good.

Firefox is at least something that is distinct from WebKit or Chromium (which is itself based on a fork of WebKit). That's good.

It's not perfect, in part because deals with Google pay for most of it, but it is still good despite its imperfect status.

Re:Helium Browser by esskay on Thursday September 25, 2025 @04:31AM (#45370535)
Which sucks because it's not exactly fantastic as a competitor. There's still very, very noticeable performance differences and render speed/pattern differences that after you've been using a chromium based browser for a long time give firefox a feeling of being slow (it's not, it is absolutely just a perception thing, but it's enough to put you off using it)