• Kaaserne@feddit.nlEnglish
    986·
    1 年前

    I really, really don’t understand why people use Chrome, or have been using it in the past

    • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz
      661·
      1 年前

      I used it for years and just recently switched to Firefox. I was just comfortable using it, and knew how to use the dev tools. I had my extensions set up how I liked. I’m still missing a few things on Firefox but fuck chrome.

    • Casmael@geddit.socialEnglish
      354·
      1 年前

      It’s really easy to forget that back in the day (by which I mean what, 2010? Idk) chrome was super speedy and very cool with cool fast looking angular tabs and Google was a nice new cool internet company who’s moto was don’t be evil and the alternative was fucking internet explorer which was a cinder block in a blue shirt or Firefox which had a cool logo but was rather slow and the joke was that internet explorer’s whole purpose was to download chrome and I guess what I’m saying is that Google has lived long enough to see itself become the villain, or at least Comcast which is pretty much the same thing and tbh the only other time I can think of that something like this has actually happened is in 1998, when The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table

    • GreenMario@lemm.ee
      271·
      1 年前

      It was faster than Firefox and more accurate than Internet Explorer.

      That was a decade ago. Since id say Firefox and Chrome are the same speed and Edge is just branded Chrome.

      Chrome used to be new and exciting when Google was still a “do no evil” hip tech company doing neat shit like Google Earth and stuff.

    • Neve8028@lemm.ee
      6·
      1 年前

      I use chrome for work because it’s installed on every computer we have and the machines are locked down so I can’t install firefox if I wanted to. I move around between stations all the time so logging in and having all my bookmarks, passwords, history, etc… synced is convenient. I use firefox at home but most people just stick with what’s familiar to them. It’s a solid browser feature-wise and that’s what most people care about.

    • aircooledJenkins@lemmy.world
      61·
      1 年前

      Chrome is the only way I’ve figured out to cast video from my pc to my TV.

      Casting is the only thing I use chrome for.

      • hardypart@feddit.de
        121·
        1 年前

        So it’s the most popular browser because it’s the most popular browser. Got it.

        • Alto@kbin.social
          3·
          1 年前

          There was a stretch of time where it was legitimately the best popular browser for the vast majority of people. Then it just became the default, and nobody bothered to switch back once it started going to shit

      • gigachad@feddit.de
        6·
        1 年前

        Yeah and I think there was a time before Quantum where Firefox was drastically slower than chrome, and a lot of people switched.

    • hardypart@feddit.de
      21·
      1 年前

      The last time I tried Firefox on a touch device the pitch to zoom function was basically useless. It was nothing but an equivalent to [Ctrl] + [+]. This was some years ago, so it could be better now.

      • Andrew@mander.xyz
        1·
        1 年前

        You can enable normal zoom in config. But on my Linux setup pinch would either toggle Ctrl++ or image-like zoom.

      • walkercricket@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        1 年前

        Unless it’s a RAM filling issue, because you would have too little RAM, and even then, the entire OS crashing and not just Firefox would be very unlikely, I don’t see any reason for it to crash your entire OS. Regardless, there are Firefox forks that use much much less RAM. You’re using Windows, Mac or Linux first? Try to uninstall, clean everything and reinstall with a new profile, it may work, who knows. If not, then it has to be your OS.

        • DarkenLM@artemis.camp
          1·
          1 年前

          I don’t think it’s a RAM issue, unless Firefox eats 16GB of RAM. I mainly use Pop!_OS, a *nix distro, so maybe I messed up some package install that conflicts with Firefox in some way, but I haven’t figured out which one.

          • walkercricket@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            1 年前

            Pop!OS is a pretty stable distro, so there shouldn’t be any dependencies problem: you usually have that on arch or arch based distros, even if it’s quite rare. Have you ever uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled it but without some of its dependencies? Or ignored a package it asked you to install with it afterwards? If not, maybe it’s just an update that went wrong, like the PC shut down during an update or something. So update your system, uninstall firefox and reinstall. Your data stored in your home directory (in .mozilla, a hidden folder) like your history, extensions, opened tabs, should be conserved, even if you use apt purge.

    • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
      291·
      1 年前

      I’ve noticed that the average listed salaries on Indeed have gone down about 30% in the last 2 years, which is great because prices of damn near everything have gone up at least as much.

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
      939·
      1 年前

      The amount of stuff I watched on YouTube was 0.

      Honestly it’s about time the internet grows up a bit and stops relying on horrible video tutorials.

      • citrusface@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        1 年前

        I’m sorry - video tutorials are so much easier for me to learn from than reading. I am 40 and have a disability. It’s far easier for me to comprehend a video than reading - and since I can’t have someone come to my home and teach or show me all the things I want to learn how to do - I watch videos.

        I think the issue is corporate greed - not people wanting to watch cat videos and learn how to unclog a sink or watch someone cook something.

      • scottywh@lemmy.world
        5·
        1 年前

        For certain specific use cases a video tutorial can be incredibly useful… like replacing specific parts on appliances or cars after diagnosing the problem.

        Much of the content there is just noise to me too but there’s definitely some shit I find valuable.

        • 00@kbin.social
          14·
          1 年前

          Except for basically made-up edge cases and google integration (which you shouldnt use in the first place. Install a password manager), i havent seen anyone make a good case against Firefox. Googles anti-adblocking measures have made Chrome less safe and their current attempts to “DRM” the web points is absolutely devastating. If you use the Fediverse, its sensible to assume you care about a freer web. Google is working towards the exact opposite.

          • macniel@feddit.de
            7·
            1 年前

            yeah, google is trying to wall off the web with only theirs or authorized browsers and systems having access to it. Also I made the mistake and looked at the commentor’s history and… god damn is it full of shit and contradictions. Complaining about Firefox’s CEO having a huge salary while they are defending the CEO of brave, a chromium browser with some web3 shit preinstalled. I don’t get people.

      • Ascrod@midwest.socialEnglish
        4·
        1 年前

        Legit curious why you won’t use Firefox. As a longtime FF user I’m well aware that Mozilla has made plenty of stupid decisions, but how does that make Google a better choice?

        • Engywuck@lemm.ee
          112·
          1 年前

          To me, Mozilla and Google are the same shit. I hate them both. Mozilla is just smaller, but much more hypocritical. They haven’t shipped anything of value since years. So, I’ll put my small grain of sand to make them disappear not only refusing to use FF (after having been using a d advocating for it from 2002 to 2021) but also actively discouraging people from using it. Every FF user lost is a nail in the coffin of Mozilla and its stupid community and that’s a good thing.

          I’m not interested in engaging in a discussion on my personal choices, so I won’t reply further. Bye.

  • Shortstack@reddthat.com
    25·
    1 年前

    I would not be surprised if regular people tolerated 5+ minute ad breaks for a short video. Too much bs has been normalized for that to be much of a surprise anymore.

    Like a frog slowly heating in a pot of water, you can get used to just about anything if you’re apathetic enough.

  • Bulletdust@lemmy.ml
    18·
    1 年前

    I never stopped using Firefox, and I never had a problem with anything but Government sites.

    • Jannis@feddit.de
      3·
      1 年前

      That’s weird, usually government websites will work in old IE version without any issue.

      • ddkman@lemm.ee
        3·
        1 年前

        Exactly. Usually gov sites are optimised for i.e 8, because accessibility is critical.

        You can’t just expect people have a super up to date browser.

        This is the mentality where I live anyway.

  • nol@lemmy.ml
    10·
    1 年前

    Those greedy bastards push people to watch ads like they expect their companies’ income will grow infinitely

      • Xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink
        64·
        1 年前

        my man literally the first four posts I see are just complaining about google adblock, and I keep seeing it over time yes we get it you don’t like ads and google is adding adblock. move to firefox/ublock (or no ublock if you want to support the content creators) and let it go imo, there aren’t even that many ads on youtube, I barely notice them normally cuz theres only one every 3 videos or so and it’s like 5 seconds long for a 20 min video (if there are more ads inside a video I’m pretty sure that usually means the creator put them there, not youtube)