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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by dmantis on Sunday January 25, 2026 @07:16AM (#46753449)
Why are saying that Firefox or even Chrome reskin can't compete with Chrome? I haven't been using Chrome for maybe 10 years or more, so I'm genuinely interested. Even if you hate Firefox, something like Brave is felt the same way but without google's garbage. I heard there are new guys in town like Helium and other Chromium based browser which choose to remove telemetry, support manifest v2, adblocks and so on.

The browsing experience without constant upselling some trash and proper adblockers are magnitudes better.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by heavyset_go on Sunday January 25, 2026 @08:11AM (#46753818)
The most compelling argument I've heard is around security, while Firefox does sandboxing, it is not as comprehensive as what went into Chrome.

I'd still choose Firefox over it for the reasons you've mentioned.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by chii on Sunday January 25, 2026 @09:53PM (#46761319)
> or even Chrome reskin can't compete with Chrome?

reskined chrome are still ultimately taking google's changes downstream. For a while, it may be OK, but what happens when google changes the web standards to suit themselves? Will those reskinned browsers fork the standard?

Firefox _is competition_, but not competitive based on market share.

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