take_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoGoogle pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1173arrow-down1external-linkGoogle pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive adswww.windowscentral.comtake_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square92fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareFourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87·4 months agoWhy the fuck does anyone use Chrome? It’s shittier than Firefox in every way and is still a leaky memory hog
minus-squarebarrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·edit-24 months agoIt’s the only browser installed at my work and they won’t give me admin access
minus-squareThordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·4 months agoMe 15 years ago, using Firefox Portable with an Internet Explorer container plugin so I can use trash web apps the organization refuses to update.
minus-squaretake_five_seconds [he/him, any]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·4 months agomy partner has trouble doing some remote desktop stuff with firefox so they have to use chrome
minus-squareSkolShakedown [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·4 months agoGoogle meet screen share doesn’t work for me on Firefox, tragically.
minus-squareFacky [he/him,comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·4 months agoProbably intentionally too
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·4 months agoMost definitely intentionally. Everytime I use Google meet it reminds me that because I’m using Firefox I can’t use all the features.
minus-squarecommunism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 months agoHave you tried Chrome Mask? It spoofs Firefox as Chrome
minus-squareCarbonScored [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoA concerning number of the websites that don’t work in Firefox, do work when you pretend to be Chrome.
minus-squarehello_hello [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoLess tragic and more criminal, since Google uses its marketshare to essentially control the development of the web.
minus-squareVegan T-34@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·4 months agoFirefox can literally do 99% of websites
minus-squarehello_hello [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoThe websites that don’t work are actually just poorly designed or made by Google (not mutually exclusive).
minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoEveryone knows what Google is, therefore its products are superior even when they’re dogshit. No one knows what Mozilla is
Why the fuck does anyone use Chrome? It’s shittier than Firefox in every way and is still a leaky memory hog
It’s the only browser installed at my work and they won’t give me admin access
Me 15 years ago, using Firefox Portable with an Internet Explorer container plugin so I can use trash web apps the organization refuses to update.
my partner has trouble doing some remote desktop stuff with firefox so they have to use chrome
Google meet screen share doesn’t work for me on Firefox, tragically.
Probably intentionally too
Most definitely intentionally. Everytime I use Google meet it reminds me that because I’m using Firefox I can’t use all the features.
Have you tried Chrome Mask? It spoofs Firefox as Chrome
A concerning number of the websites that don’t work in Firefox, do work when you pretend to be Chrome.
Less tragic and more criminal, since Google uses its marketshare to essentially control the development of the web.
Firefox can literally do 99% of websites
The websites that don’t work are actually just poorly designed or made by Google (not mutually exclusive).
Everyone knows what Google is, therefore its products are superior even when they’re dogshit. No one knows what Mozilla is