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What is Firefox's Use Case for Normies/Tech Illiterate People? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Currently a university student, and somewhat frequently, I see Firefox installed on people's laptops but they also have Chrome installed and are using Chrome, or Edge, or Safari. Rarely do I see Firefox actually being used but I see it installed frequently. Does anyone have a clue as to why they have it installed?

Yea I know Chromium monopoly and open source browser and whatnot but the average Andy does not know what any of that is.

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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

a browser that won't cripple your machine. It used to be the opposite case, but the tables have turned.

Also, you can also use firefox on android and have all extensions (adblockers etc) available on your phone too!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    @DangerousInternet @vrighter not with manifest v3 rolling out though. I can still block every ad and block ad blocker blockers meanwhile my chromium friends seem to be crippled in this regard.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Those "normal browsers" almost always get their extensions from the Chrome web store still. Supporting v2 won't mean much of those extensions are unavailable.

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    @DangerousInternet what browsers are you referring to, the only chromium based browser that I know blocks ads without an extension is brave. apart from the rest need extensions and the major ones (chrome, edge etc) plan to end manifest v2 support

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    @DangerousInternet vivaldi is closed source though, brave I've found in my expirrence to be slow however do use their mobile browser. Fact is though V3 will become more prevalent as support for v2 drops from google it turns into a ticking time bomb. Overall relying on chromium is a ticking time bomb with all of googles web DRM bulshit.

    Idk i just find chromium browsers to be slower and fear the all chrome future

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    that's.... the exact opposite of what i said

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