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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 23:28:43 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Firefox on the brink? https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2023/11/firefox-brink/ We need Firefox for the open web. Please do not cancel it. Otherwise, Chrome will force everyone to watch ten ads per page or video. The choice is yours. Do you want privacy and safety, or do you want one company dominating the market?

   • Maggie Stewart-Grant (motherofcats@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 23:35:02 JST Maggie Stewart-Grant

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     @nixCraft Dude! Duck Duck Go! That's what I use.

   • Ryek Darkener (_ryekdarkener_@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 23:45:31 JST Ryek Darkener

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     @nixCraft
     As long as Firefox is used, it is not cancelled.

     These statistics show the magnitude of the problem, but unfortunately not the solution.

   • bargoderea (bargoderea@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 00:35:40 JST bargoderea

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     @nixCraft I hopy bu chrome they also mean some chromium-based browsers, personally I use Vivaldi and I never use chrome and never recommend it

   • Ian Channing 🦈 (ianchanning@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 01:07:41 JST Ian Channing 🦈

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     @nixCraft that's a very weird skew of traffic. There is no way that Safari has anywhere near the same use as Chrome

   • Atanas Laskov 🏳️‍🌈 (laskov@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 01:26:39 JST Atanas Laskov 🏳️‍🌈

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     @nixCraft i just was reading on hacker news that Firefox is getting most of its funding from Google search deals, so even Firefox is not completely Google-free :thaenkin:

   • Ian Campbell (ianatcambio@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 01:44:51 JST Ian Campbell

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     @nixCraft FF has been on the decline ever since the switch from XUL. It was such a robust open platform.

     Now that they're on webextensions there's not much separating them from other browsers.
     Then they started adding in bullshit like Pocket.

     Writing has been on the wall for a long time now.

   • worstprgr (seishinlab@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 01:50:08 JST worstprgr

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     @nixCraft Just use curl to surf the web!

   • Sumukha S (halfbloodprice@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 02:25:20 JST Sumukha S

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     @nixCraft You cannot fault people for using Chrome. Chrome is very very well optimised. Especially for using government websites and important websites, Chrome creates the safe space.

     Firefox is good too but not the same level as chrome and also optimisation in so areas are really poor. Firefox also fails suspiciously at basic functions sometimes.

     Chrome > Firefox > Safari for desktop.
     Safari > Firefox Focus > Chrome for iPhone.

   • Edward (arch1k@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 02:31:31 JST Edward

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     @nixCraft if only Firefox had tab grouping like ALL the other browsers on the list.

   • Aditya Telange (adityatelange@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 03:20:14 JST Aditya Telange

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     @nixCraft Apparently Firefox can't even handle large js files till date. :badabing: I need to use chrome once a while for a few saas applications I use. Upsetting!

   • Elena (i_am_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 03:21:26 JST Elena

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     @nixCraft the faster Google goes on enshittifieing Chrome, the more hope there will be for Firefox.

   • ZAMHOIDN Landshut (zamhoidnla@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 03:30:26 JST ZAMHOIDN Landshut

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     @nixCraft It's 20 years or so that I only use Firefox on the desktop.

   • RoyalQuack (royalquack@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 04:05:22 JST RoyalQuack

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     @nixCraft Chrome truly a monopoly

   • Matv1 (matv1@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 05:00:12 JST Matv1

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     @nixCraft @everyone_everywhere PLEASE start using FIREFOX. It is your last defense for a free and open internet..

   • Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️ (cferdinandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 05:04:09 JST Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️

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     @nixCraft Chromium is more than just Chrome, though. Google doesn't control all chromium browsers.

   • Cymphoni Fantastique (cymphoni_fantastique@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 05:06:31 JST Cymphoni Fantastique

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     @nixCraft switching to Firefox has actually improved my life in ways I wasn't aware needed improving.
     It was like the first time I went to Canada and realized that I didn't need to worry about getting shot because they have actual gun regulation.

     It was that feeling, but internet.

     And also, it felt kind of good getting customer service from a web browser?
     Chrome is like "hurry up and browse so we can get your data." Firefox is like "we've got protection so you can browse safely."

   • HistoPol (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 06:06:14 JST HistoPol

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     @nixCraft

     #UseFirefox--save your privacy!

     "A somewhat obscure guideline for developers of U.S. government websites may be about to accelerate the long, sad decline of #Mozilla’s #Firefox browser. There already are plenty of large entities, both public and private, whose websites lack proper support for Firefox; and that will get only worse in the near future, because the ’fox’s auburn paws are perilously close to the lip of the proverbial slippery slope..."

     https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/111528281171915148