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[–] [email protected] 180 points 6 months ago (4 children)

FireFox and all of the forks breaks within 2 months

Sounds like a skill issue to me, guy

[–] [email protected] 99 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I can't remember the last time I had to do anything to "fix" Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (5 children)

My only issue with Firefox is some extensions get a little fussy in-between updates, but it seems to be a Linux issue more than a Firefox one.

And my problem is most definitely a skill issue.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

I was running into a blue screen ONLY when using Firefox.

A month later, I decided to make sure one of my memory sticks was fully seated. Issue resolved.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, Firefox works fine for me, problem is a good number of websites on the modern web just actually do not work correctly on Firefox because theyre designed by lazy morons.

Sometimes this can be fixed by just spoofing it and presenting as chrome, other times not.

In Opera's defense, I have considered installing it for its game recommendation thingy alone and not actually using it as a browser, simply because modern online game stores basically recommend either massively marketed stuff or seemingly completely random 5 dollar trash, or stupid meme game that is extremely popular right now that is basically also trash and is forgotten about when Twitch moves on to the next thing.

In the past I remember Opera's game thingy actually being decent. Any current users that can attest to this?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I have been using firefox for close to ten years and somehow I never encountered a website that didn't work at all.

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Dude is smoking crack. I've been using firefox for, shit, I don't even know how long, but it's gotta be creeping on at least fifteen years. Feels like forever any way.

Never had any kind of problem like he's yakking about. Not once.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've been using Firefox since it was Mozilla Navigator and I can't say I've ever had "Piece of shit always broken" with it unless you count websites these days building with Chrome in mind, in which case I don't blame Mozilla.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

That's my experience as well. Maybe it has more trouble on Windows though. I haven't had much experience with it there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I've been using it regularly since (I think) one of the 0.9 Betas that came on the CD bundled with a magazine I got from my local library.

Literally never had to deal with issues OP is dealing with

[–] [email protected] 70 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Only time I’ve had an issue with Firefox requiring >5 minutes of diagnosis was when a shared library was deleted during a freeware uninstall. What an odd piece of criticism.

Also, brave’s president is right wing, and I dislike that. Like “pls no step on snek” right wing.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 6 months ago

I have no issue with Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why am I not surprised they're a Brave fan.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago

Brave, for crypto enthusiasts who like to talk about privacy and security but don't actually have those things or know what they are.

Does it still have advertisements?

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Brave is literally chromium you half baked onion

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That has to be a British insult. It's just too perfect.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I aspire to that but unfortunately I'm a lowly yank

[–] [email protected] 61 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've been using Firefox for like 15-17 years now, I honestly can't even remember when I started, but its never let me down.

I'm no power user with it or anything, but its always done exactly what I needed it to.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I don't get what they mean by needing a refresher every few days or whatever. I've used it all my life and only crappy websites had me needing to switch to another browser.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Yup, and aside from Firefox for Android, I don't remember the last time I needed to "refresh" Firefox, and even on Android, I only need to do it like once/year.

It's really a non-issue.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 6 months ago

Anon has left their chambers.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Firefox actually doesn't break. And it's also not Chrome with a layer of paint. So that's the obvious solution. Degoogled Chromium is the other.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The only issues I've had with Firefox is when some websites, like Teams, doesn't "support" it. Even though if you change the browser's identifier (there's an extension for that) then it works fine, they just don't "officially support" it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm also like 90% sure that "we don't support it" is artificial, been meaning to test it.

My Firefox install at the office works fine with Teams but will refuse to load at home. I think it might be a version issue, but I'll try to establish parity to make sure it's not Microsoft being fucky thinking they can shaft anyone using Firefox/Linux outside of the office.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Been using Firefox for what I think is 2 years now, haven't had any major problems as far as I recall.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yah I don't know what anon is doing to his PC when no one is looking but it can't be good. Firefox for at least 13 years here and never had an issue I didn't cause myself.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Brave is basically all of the above. I genuinely don't get how anyone is braindead enough to fall for their "privacy" advertising.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

The intro-to-programming instructor at the school I work at loves it. But he also has a GME To The Moon sticker on his PC. Seems to be a beloved instructor

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

IDK, their ad blocker seems to work, so that puts it away ahead of the rest of the Chromium browsers.

But uBlock Origin on Firefox is even better, so I only use Brave to test apps in Chromium.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Could you fill me in as to why Brave is only advertiaed as secure? I understand the ads/crypto thing, but if you arent opted into that and just block the ads, is there anythimg else? I also understand its a Chromium browser, but that doesnt mean google has their hooks in it (necessarily).

[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Firefox and all its forks break every two months requiring a refresh every two months

Meanwhile me here with the same Firefox profile since 2017

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago

Brave and apple are big astroturfers on 4chan. Always running ad campaigns in the form of 'organic comments'.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago

Soo, chromium again… just with a few plugins and crypto shit. Or has brave stopped using those?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I will not stand for this Firefox slander! I have been using it for literal decades, and never had an issue with it that was not the fault of the website or a shitty extension. No idea why anon thinks it is unstable

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Since when is WebKit exclusive to MacOS?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I love that I can basically test for Safari on Linux using GNOME Web.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Angry Konqueror noises

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I think some people still use Konqueror.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I love Firefox, but it's a bit if an iron skillet, and I really wish they'd drop GTK like the hot pile of shit it is.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

B-but I like my Chinese botnet! It's the smoothest browser around with tons of nifty features for browsing built-in and was the first to introduce tabs back then.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Also used to be a big opera fan back in the day. But it just isn’t what it used to be…

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Used to hype up Whatsapp long long ago, now it's shit. Used to hype up Opera long long ago, now it's shit.

I'm gonna do everyone a favor and never be excited about anything ever again. I will single-handedly manifest the end of enshittification.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The world's most advanced GAMING BROWSER!!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

To be fair, back in the day Firefox was literally not as good as Chrome. Then enshittification and Google deciding being "evil" was fine...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Firefox on mobile does have one small problem, and that is the fact that whenever I enter full screen mode, the app just exits on its own. No worries, I can just reopen it.

On desktop, Firefox has never let me down.

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