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324 points dvh | 4 comments | 08 Mar 25 06:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.29s | source
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hart_russell ◴[08 Mar 25 07:49 UTC] No.43298370[source]▶
Getting rid of manifest v2 and propping up a scam extension. Chrome is looking more and more disgusting
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eitland ◴[08 Mar 25 08:41 UTC] No.43298609[source]▶
I keep wondering why people on HN use Chrome at all three days.

There was a couple of years when people posted demos that only worked in IE^H Chrome but right now everything I need works in Firefox and I don't even see demos that need Chrome anymore.

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imcritic ◴[08 Mar 25 09:09 UTC] No.43298704[source]▶
Because Mozilla is as evil as google is and their browser is generally worse than chrome on average.

We are now just entering a timeline where chrome nose dives on that comparison chart of "who is better?" with compared to Firefox.

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stanac ◴[08 Mar 25 09:27 UTC] No.43298791[source]▶
I won't go into whether FF is worse than chrome, but why do you think Mozilla is as evil as google?
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1. withinboredom ◴[08 Mar 25 10:54 UTC] No.43299197[source]▶
I don't know why they particularly think that. But Mozilla developed a way to uniquely track people without their consent or knowledge. I am not ok with that and that is evil to me.
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2. alt227 ◴[08 Mar 25 11:47 UTC] No.43299454[source]▶
But you can still turn it off in the settings right?

I dont think theres anywhere in google chrome that you can turn off tracking telemetry to google.

3. nickjj ◴[08 Mar 25 12:29 UTC] No.43299695[source]▶
> But Mozilla developed a way to uniquely track people without their consent or knowledge.

Which setting is that, DNS over HTTPS?

I switched back to Firefox the other day and this setting was enabled by default but it wasn't done silently. When you first launch Firefox a popup comes up saying it's going to be enabled but you have options to turn it off on the spot or click a link to learn more.

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4. stanac ◴[08 Mar 25 13:26 UTC] No.43300083[source]▶
It's double edged sword. You have to use DNS either way. Everyone should decide for themselves which DNS to use.