Jeff Fortin T. (@nekohayo@mastodon.social)
mastodon.social
A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team; handy for sharing with your entourage, to explain why they should stop using #Chromium / #GoogleChrome and use #Firefox or #Epiphany as their main #web #browser : * The "Manifest v3" sabotage of content blocking extensions: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request * The attempted sabotage of #JPEGXL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/chrome-banishes-jpeg-xl-photo-format-that-could-save-phone-space/ * #WebEnvironmentIntegrity a.k.a. #DRM for whole websites would hurt the web, #opensource browsers and OSes: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/
  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    382·
    1 year ago

    Everything we can do push people away from Chrome (and some other Chromium browsers like Edge) the better. Their market share gives them the power to dictate terms. Their search share and marketing dominance would still give them too much power, but at least not “dictate how the web works” power.

    I started seeing these red flags back when they were pushing the https everywhere initiative. Because, while there were a lot of insecure sites that are now more secure, there are also billions upon billions of pages that have no need to expend the CPU cycles (wasting electricity and increasing carbon footprints) on encrypting and decrypting all external traffic. But site admins had to do it or chrome would make a stink. If “hackers” find out I was looking up stroganoff recipes on a site I’m not signed into, I think I’ll find a way to cope with the intrusion.

    • bioemerl@kbin.social
      151·
      1 year ago

      If “hackers” find out I was looking up stroganoff recipes on a site I’m not signed into, I think I’ll find a way to cope with the intrusion.

      If your ISP can track your web traffic Google’s position is weaker

  • jcrabapple@dmv.pub
    26·
    1 year ago

    I switched to Firefox/Librewolf (with a brief stint on Vivaldi) last year and haven’t looked back.

    • ffolkes@fanexus.comEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      I’ve used nothing but Firefox on all desktops/laptops since 2004. I really don’t understand how or why anyone would switch away.

      • zikk_transport2@lemmy.worldEnglish
        62·
        1 year ago

        I really don’t understand how or why anyone would switch away.

        Performance. Been switching on & off for the past several years, currently with Firefox with over a year.

      • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
        52·
        1 year ago

        Because for the longest time Chrome smashed the stale arse Firefox out of the water in features and performance.

        Personally I found Opera the best, but that’s Chinese shovelware now.

        • Dark Arc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          It really didn’t… Firefox has been neck and neck performance wise the entire time with a massive arsenal of extensions (and to be fair some of those extensions did negatively impact performance enough to scare people off) and I can’t think of a major feature Firefox didn’t have first or get soon after.

          Chrome largely just became a “speed meme” though among enthusiasts and had the backing from Google to win over IT teams.

  • TheLeechiestLeech@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    I keep hearing the counter argument that “Safari already shipped a version of WEI and no one made a fuss” but I can’t tell if that’s true or just missing a lot of nuance. Can someone explain?

    • maaj@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      Nobody made a fuss, because there’s a larger amount of folks not using safari than folks that are, so safari wouldn’t be able to pull off “block your browser if you’re using an ad blocker” the way chrome could, if/when they want. Because safari would only be screwing over apple users.

  • wanderingmagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    1 year ago

    How do I migrate all my grouped tabs from Chrome Mobile to Firefox/Librewolf/Waterfox/etc? Which one is best?

    • zikk_transport2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      Firefox/Librewolf/Waterfox/etc? Which one is best?

      I would say this - use Firefox. If trying to use Firefox on work laptop and it was enshitted by your company’s group policies, then Waterfox sounds like nice alternative which is unlikelly going to be impacted by GP.