• Larvitar
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    142 years ago

    How do you “de-google” when most websites expect most browsers to use chromium and start requiring this to ensure companies buying ad space get the best bang for their buck security?

      • Bri Guy
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        152 years ago

        Yeah I don’t think this comment is accurate, the only website that gives you a subpar experience to incentivize you to use a Chromium-based browser that I’ve come across is, well, google.com on mobile.

        Luckily you can download a plugin on Firefox to trick google.com to show you the Chromium experience, or you can just use something like startpage.

          • @Jmr
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            32 years ago

            I selfhost SearXNG. Its pretty good. And you can turn on and off different search engines (e.g Google, Bing, Yahoo)

      • Justin
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        22 years ago

        Google search on FF Android, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Snapchat web, are all apps that have missing features on Firefox or straight up don’t work.

      • @[email protected]
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        For me, when a website doesn’t work in Firefox but does in Chrome or edge, most of the time the real reason is due to me switching from a browser with dozens of add-ons to one with 0.

        Otherwise Firefox works fine everywhere.

    • brothershamus
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      152 years ago

      Firefox and ublock origin to start. Site requires Chromium? Buh bye now.

    • @[email protected]
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      142 years ago

      I’ve been de-Googled for 6 months now and the internet works just fine on Firefox and Safari. No significant differences.

        • @[email protected]
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          12 years ago

          That’s fine, they’ll lose my traffic.

          So many people are acting like they have no choice, like you absolutely have to have everything that everyone else has. You’re obligated to use such and such platform.

          Try suffering for what you believe in over convenience for a bit. Things might just change if you give up some things because they’re shit

    • Auster
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      72 years ago

      I agree it is an uphill battle, but it must start somewhere. Else, it only gets worse, and then movements against such abuses will get easily crushed. As I like to say, “the hardest part of a journey is the first step”, but also “the future belongs to those who prepare now”.

        • @whatsarefoogee
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          32 years ago

          Except it’s practically impossible to exist in modern society without internet. Unless you’re rich and you can get other people to do internet-requiring tasks for you.

        • Apathy Tree
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          12 years ago

          Same. If my pihole breaks the internet because of this, welp. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @EyesEyesBaby
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      12 years ago

      I can count the websites I’m using that don’t work with Firefox on one hand.