I've finally switched (back) to firefox today.
I switched from firefox to chrome for their superior devtools a few years back, but hopefully firefox has had time to catch up.
Everything old is new again!
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I switched from firefox to chrome for their superior devtools a few years back, but hopefully firefox has had time to catch up.
Everything old is new again!
Google is a de facto monopoly. They own the entire web. The gateway, the browser, the protocols, advertising, discovery.
Google is too big.
But, every time Mozilla does something slightly abrasive, HN users pile on about how Mozilla is ruining their privacy-respecting reputation, and then go back to using Chrome... The double-standard is really something else.
Maybe instead of getting someone else to break up Google for us, we could just... stop using their shit? I'm typing this from Firefox, I use Proton Mail (and pay for it!) for email, and I mostly search with DuckDuckGo (I know that's not perfect, either). I certainly don't feel like I'm living like a caveman...
/rant
I admire your optimism by the way that a few technologists saying "stop using Chrome, Google is evil, use Firefox" is enough to overcome the market dominance of a monopoly like Google's, but I sadly don't share it. People have been saying it (and similar things, like "don't use Windows, Microsoft is evil, use Linux") for decades with little success. Even the few people who do get swayed will switch back after a few instances of "I was late for my important meeting/was unable to open this important document because the website didn't work with Firefox".
Most people's tech choices are deeply pragmatic and based on familiarity. And to expect anything else is honestly foolish, in my opinion.
This is coming from a Firefox and Linux user by the way.