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Firefox is and always has been terrible

https://alexandmanu.com/blog/firefox-is-actually-terrible/
2•leksje•1h ago

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functionmouse•1h ago
Modern Firefox is a Google psyop. I still use it, though.
remslave•1h ago
Mozilla, but yes. The very first release of firefox was awesome compared to IE.

Nowadays you have to use a fork like Libreworlf. But same with Chrome, you use ungoogled forks.

leksje•1h ago
Do you prefer librewolf or waterfox?
skvmb•56m ago
I, personally, prefer WaterFox. I use it daily and have had no issues with it.
caderosche•1h ago
Yeah the whole point of Firefox existing (Google supports them or has in the past) is for Google/Chrome to avoid antitrust lawsuits.
dabinat•50m ago
I have heard people claim the opposite: that Chrome is the memory hog and Firefox is much leaner. I think it’s probably dependent upon usage patterns, OS and extensions.

But I think the biggest problem with Firefox is Mozilla itself. I’d love to see a group with some actual backing behind them fork Firefox and make a proper competitor unaffected by Mozilla’s poor decision-making.

TacticalCoder•43m ago
Weird. I've got two Firefox instances, from two different user accounts, opened at all times. Tens of tabs in each. I know some people do hundreds of tabs. I've got zero issue. I've got chromium too but typically I use Firefox.

My only hack is I wrap Firefox with a TCP_NO_DELAY lib: probably cargo culting a bit but I do feel it's even snappier that way.

P.S: main desktop is an AMD 7700X with only 32 GB of RAM. Nothing crazy.

acarette•38m ago
I use Firefox since years now (on macOS + iOS) and I am very happy with the quality of the browser.

Mozilla sucks, and sucks since a decade at least now. But Firefox... no complains at all.

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